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
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
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
Bradford Torrey used to visit a vireo that would drink water from a teaspoon which he held out to her while she sat brooding on her nest.
From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje
"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
I’ve been slowly building a body of work based on my research on gray vireos and some of my experiences, and this work surely bleeds into that, whether conscious on my part or not.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
But birds that are more sensitive to temperatures — and those whose prey can’t stand the heat — might suffer under persistent warming, such as yellow warblers and Bell’s vireos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
From the comfort of the wooden boardwalks weaving across the marshy terrain and an observation tower, birders can spot vireos, sparrows and warblers, as well as raptors, such as red-shouldered hawks and bald eagles.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
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
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