I saw many different species of Vireos on my trip including Black-capped, Gray, Blue-headed, White-eyed, Red-eyed, Warbling and Hutton's but only the little Bell's was kind enough to pose for a photo.

These birds are sadly declining in many parts of their range including in several parts of TX.

A fun fact about them is that they do not drink water but get all they need nutritionally from their food.

Tags:   Bell's Vireo Texas TX Hill Country Texas Hill Country US USA Declining Threatened don't like water don't drink H20 Bracketville Lone Star State Vireo Bell's

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Vireo cassinii

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Finally a got a decent shot of this resident species. They say they move "slower" than a Ruby-crowned Kinglet... he was a tad slower but I could barely keep up as he hopped from branch to branch.

Tags:   Hutton's Vireo Ladner BC Vireo huttoni adult vireo George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary reifel poser DELTA cute

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This HY bird was photographed yesterday by Quentin Brown. We refound it today. This is the second record for Vancouver. The last record was from Oct 28, 1973. It was a new Metro Vancouver bird for all present today. These birds breed in Northern BC but hardly ever come to the coast of Southern BC.

I took this at Hastings Park in pouring rain and awful light. It was a tough bird in 3 hours we had 4 views that were no more than 30 seconds each however it's lemon yellow was even brilliant in the poor light and much more yellow ventrally than any HY Warbling Vireo could ever be.

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Was happy to spot this little beauty today. The flowers are out and spring is here and he was chirping away "chew-ee, chew-ee!".

Tags:   Hutton's Vireo Richmond BC Vireo HUVI Vireo huttoni songbird passerine

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