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English and Scientific names: |
Bell’s
Vireo
Vireo bellii |
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Number of individuals: |
1 unknown age and sex |
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Locality: LOUISIANA: |
Cameron Parish |
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Specific Locality: |
BRAS Sanctuary at Peveto Woods |
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Date(s) when observed: |
October 13, 2007 |
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Time(s) of day when
observed: |
2:15 PM |
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Reporting observer and address: |
Paul Conover Lafayette, LA |
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Other observers accompanying reporter who
also identified the bird(s): |
Mac Myers |
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Other
observers who independently identified the bird(s): |
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Light
conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount
of light): |
Excellent. It was suny
but we were in a fairly shaded location. The bird foraged in sunny and shaded
areas. |
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Optical equipment: |
Zeiss 10’s and Nikon
D50 camera. |
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Distance to
bird(s): |
15 yards |
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Duration of
observation: |
5 minutes off and on |
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Habitat: |
Coastal Chenier with extensive ragweed understory between trees, on the edge of a mowed clearing. |
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Behavior of bird: |
Bird was first seen flitting across a mowed lane into trees on the wood’s edge. It foraged actively below 10 feet in the trees, and came down into ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) a few times. On a few occasions it landed and sat still just inside the veil of the tree for a minute or two at a time. If we hadn’t located it before it stopped, we probably would have assumed that it had left the area. |
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Description: |
A vireo about the size of a White-eyed Vireo. The bird appeared roughly two-toned, with its anterior half grayish and its posterior half green/yellow. The head was grayish with diffuse white supraloral and supraorbital area. There was a less defined whitish crescent below the eye. The chin, throat, and upper breast were whitish or pale gray, with a faint yellow tinge. Wings and tail appeared greenish. There were two fairly distinct white wingbars and pale lateral edges to the median coverts. Belly, vent, and undertail yellowish. Legs dark grayish. Bill bicolored, pale gray mandible, dusky maxilla. Irides brown. |
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Voice: |
None |
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Similar
species: |
Most similar species White-eyed Vireo, especially young of year. This bird did not have the facial pattern of WEVI, also had a less blunt bill. |
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Photographs
or tape recordings obtained? |
Photographs attached. |
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Previous
experience with this species: |
Many. I have seen about a half-dozen in the state, and many in other states. |
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Identification aids: |
none |
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This description is written from: |
Memory and photographs. |
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Are
you positive of your identification? If not, explain: |
Yes |
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Reporter: |
Paul Conover
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Date and time: |
October 17, 2007 |