vireo
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One part of it originated from the experiences I’ve had studying a species — the gray vireo — that most people have never heard of.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
Once teetering on extinction, the least Bell’s vireo is making a comeback in areas along the Los Angeles River, including a bustling park in northeast L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
A yellow-throated vireo and a cedar waxwing also splashed in our stream.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2022
The song that Gary made the recording of did sound a bit like a bird called a brown-capped vireo.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2021
We will ask the goldfinches, the mocking-birds, the bobolinks, the phœbe and chickadee families, all of the warbler and vireo families, and the robins of course.
From Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories by Mary Graham Bonner
"The density of migratory warblers, flycatchers, and vireos crowded into these five forests is astounding, and means that each hectare protected there safeguards a disproportionate number of birds."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
Some of the relatively understudied species were Philadelphia vireos, crissal thrashers, black-chinned sparrows, and olive warblers.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
Brush rabbits, woodrats, Swainson’s hawks, Central Valley Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, least Bell’s vireos, greater sandhill cranes — all protected species — have found a home on the restored floodplain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
The arrival of warblers, vireos and other colorful birds last week has excited Britain’s twitching community — enthusiastic bird-watchers who will travel long distances to view new or unusual species.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
There were no insects singing, there were no catbirds, or orioles, or vireos, or robins.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
