Got a few photos before the sun came out early this morning. A pair of White Eyed Vireos; first the male, then the female, them the two of them building nest together:
male White Eyed Vireo
Female White Eyed Vireo
Nest building together
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White Eyed Vireos nest building
Posted in Reptiles and Amphibians, Wild Birds, tagged female, male, near Parthenon, nest building, white eyed vireo on April 21, 2015| 1 Comment »
One of the last birds to migrate South – the White Eyed Vireo and a surprise Tanager
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, bird photography, Boston Mountains, Little Buffalo River, migrating south, parthenon, scarlet tanager, secretive White Eyed Vireo, white eyed vireo on September 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Great day birding and for bird photography: the secretive White Eyed Vireo; still singing and surprisingly; a female Scarlet Tanager waiting to drink from the Little Buffalo River:
White Eyes Vireo’s nest finished and hen is laying eggs
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, nesting, parthenon, the nest building, vireo, whist-eyed, white eyed vireo on April 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I posted a few photos of the nest building about a week ago. I went back today and the female is laying and incubating this clutch of eggs. In the first photo, you can see them switch positions on the nest and the the following few you can see the hen on the nest; taken with a Canon 50D and the EF 400L f/5.6 Lens by Canon also:
Pair of White-eyed Vireos nest building – 4/22
Posted in Mountain Scenery, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Bridge, Jasper, near Pruitt Bridge, nesting, pruitt, southern United States, white eyed vireo on April 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Found these two beauties building a nest near Pruitt, Arkansas this morning at 8:00n AM. I used a Canon 50D and a Canon EF400 f/5.6 L to take about 175 photos of their nesting activities.
The White eyed Vireo is a small and secretive bird of shrubby areas of the eastern and southern United States, the White-eyed Vireo is more noticeable for its explosive song than its looks.
Nest Description
Nest an open cup suspended by rim from fork of small branch in tree. Made of leaves, bark, plant fibers, rootlets, or bits of paper, held together with insect silk and spider webbing, and decorated on outside with lichens, moss, or leaves. Lined with rootlets, fine grass, or hair. Placed low to ground.
Male and Female Pileated Woodpecker
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, cooler, hairy woodpeckers, light thundershowers, nature, northwest, parthenon, pileated, pileated woodpecker, quiet, summer birds, white eyed vireo, wild-birds, winter birds, woodpeckers on September 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This fantastic pair of woodpeckers has been working my yard this past weekend. We did get a light thundershower this morning about 8-9 AM; just enough to settle the dust a bit. Temperatures were warmer this morning at 59F. There is practically no summer birds left in the area. I did hear a Tanager yesterday and a White-eyed Vireo this morning; aside from him I only hear a few of our winter birds; Pileated, Red-headed, Red Bellied, Downey, and Hairy woodpeckers and a Chickadee.
Male Pileated Woodpecker – 9/16
Female Pileated Woodpecker – 9/17 AM
What a beautiful month May is !!
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, bottom fields, canon 50d, common, eye, gentle rain, little biffalo river, Little Buffalo River, migratory birds, vireo, vireos, white, white eyed vireo, white eyes on May 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The past 10 days have been beautiful; just like May is supposed to be (unlike last May). The rivers have plenty of water, everything is green, we had nearly 2.0 inches of gentle rain in 30 hours last week. Most of the migratory birds are busy raising their hatchlings and are not so active at this time. However, the Vireos are still busy calling and mating. I got a nice picture of a White eyed Vireo in a tussle with Blue-gray Gnatcatcher next to the Little Buffalo River over (I could not figure that out). Everyone has heard a White eyed Vireo sing, but if you dont look you probably have not seen one (taken with a Canon 50D and a EF400mm f/5.6L Lens (notice the stunning white eyes):
The most amazing eyes
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, boston, Little Buffalo River, Mountains, nature, near Murray, parthenon, white eyed vireo on May 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We got 1.82 inches of rain from dusk Monday until dusk Tuesday. It never rained hard, just a continuous gentle rain for 24 hours.
The White eyed Vireo, a great songster, also, has a beautiful set of white eyes. They are widespread birds across the Ozarks; heard often but rarely seen. this photo was taken right next to the LIttle Buffalo River:
