Eastern Warbling Vireo: Summer’s Favorite Singer
… ContinueThis YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.
The Eastern Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) is a quintessential species of spring and summer in the eastern half of North America north of the southern United States. This rather drab bird is often hard to spot, hidden up high among the leaves of tall deciduous trees, but its buoyant, easygoing song — considered by many ornithologists and naturalists to be among the most beautiful in its range — is conspicuous. Males do most of the singing, but females sing as well, an unusual trait among temperate songbirds. Also unusual is
