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English
and Scientific names: |
Black-whiskered
Vireo, Vireo
altiloquus
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Number
of individuals: |
One bird |
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Locality:
LOUISIANA: |
Cameron Parish |
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Specific
Locality: |
The bird was seen along the marsh loop trail in Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, in bushes on the north side of the trail a few dozen feet west of the comfort station. |
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Date(s)
when observed: |
May 7, 2009 |
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Time(s)
of day when observed: |
bout 10:30 AM |
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Reporting
observer and address: |
John Sevenair New Orleans LA 70124 |
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Other observers
accompanying reporter who also identified the bird(s): |
Nancy Newfield |
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Other observers who
independently identified the bird(s) |
not known |
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Light conditions
(position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light): |
It was a cloudy day; lighting was diffuse. The bird was north of us in a large bush with relatively few leaves. |
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Optical
equipment: |
Zeiss 7x42 binoculars |
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Distance
to bird(s): |
ten or fifteen feet |
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Duration
of observation: |
a minute or two |
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Habitat:
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A row of bushes (I think wax myrtle predominates, but more capable plant people than I can look at the photograph). This is along a levee that separates two areas of fresh marsh with some open water. |
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Behavior
of bird: |
The bird was making short flights and hopping around in a large bush. Its flights were maybe 1 to 3 feet long. I think it was feeding, but I was concentrating on focusing the camera more than on the bird. After a minute or two of this it flew across the paved trail and I lost track of it. |
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Description: |
A medium-sized passerine, a bit shorter than a nearby Orchard Oriole and perhaps a bit more chunky in outline. The back was a medium brown and the breast and belly were pale brown. The top of the head was dark, the area above the eye was paler, there was a black streak through the eye, the area below the eye was like the area above the eye, and there was a black whisker mark below that. The feet and beak were black. |
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Voice: |
Not heard. |
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Similar species: |
The most similar species is Red-eyed Vireo. This bird looked very similar to one of these, but it had a black whisker mark, as the Red-eyed does not. |
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Photographs or tape recordings
obtained? |
I got a photo and will send it in. |
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Previous experience with
this species: |
I've seen it a few times before in Louisiana, but not recently. |
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Identification
aids: |
Nancy Newfield first found the bird and identified it. After observation: http://bna.birds. |
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This
description is written from: |
Partly from memory and partly from the photo. |
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Are you positive of your
identification? If not, explain: |
I'm positive |
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Reporter:
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John P. Sevenair
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Date
and time: |
May 8, 2009, at 10:50 AM |