vireo

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I noticed that many of your previous papers cover the gray vireo, which your new study quantifies as a “drab,” understudied bird.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

The pair once spent a week combing brushy hills and mesas in the Grapevine Mountains on the eastern edges of Death Valley in hopes of spotting an elusive and rarely seen gray vireo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Wrote Bob: “Red-eyed vireo becomes REVI. Snowy owl becomes, appropriately, SNOW. So, the Washington Commanders becomes, also appropriately, WACO. You have the power, so you can add the K.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 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

A moment before a yellow-throated vireo sang briefly in the maple, a harsh note; and the oriole with its insistent call added to the disquieting sounds.

From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John