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English and Scientific names: |
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii |
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Number of individuals: |
1 age and sex unkown |
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Locality: |
Cameron |
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Specific Locality: |
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Date(s) when observed: |
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Time(s) of day when
observed: |
around 2:30 pm? |
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Reporting observer and address: |
B. Mac. Myers III Eunice, LA 70535 |
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Other observers accompanying reporter who
also identified the bird(s): |
Paul Conover found the
bird |
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Other observers accompanying reporter who
independently identified the bird(s): |
none |
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Light
conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount
of light): |
variable but generally
pretty good to very good |
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Optical equipment: |
10x42 Eagle optics in
very good condition |
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Distance to
bird(s): |
less than 50 ft.,
perhaps as close as 25 feet at times? |
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Duration of
observation: |
off and on for a couple
of minutes; lost and then relocated |
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Habitat: |
shrubby area with small trees, forbs, etc. For awhile it was in tangle of grape vine |
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Behavior of bird: |
Nothing remarkable, farily active. I did not see it flip its tail around the way they sometimes do. |
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Description: |
A vireo, generally greenish above, but contasting with paler gray head. One noticeable white wingbar, with a fainter one above it, Faint line (dark gray?) from eye to bill. Above that pale gray-whitish line from bill to eye and more or less encircling it--sort of weakly spectacled, not boldly as with solitary types. Below fairly yellow, especially flanks and belly--evidently an eastern bird. |
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Voice: |
not heard |
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Similar
species: |
in its own hard-to-define way a distinctive bird. The facial pattern, wingbar pattern, and general coloration all fit. |
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Photographs
or tape recordings obtained? |
yes, several by conover. Also, I will email three as attachments to email. Note the date stamp of my camera is apparently in error by 1 day |
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Previous
experience with this species: |
several in LA. Many in the western U.S. |
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Identification aids: |
after observation: don't remember, probably Sibley, Geo Complete, maybe Pyle |
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This description is written from: |
memory. At the time I had forgotten that BEVI was review list |
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Are
you positive of your identification? If not, explain: |
yes |
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Reporter: |
B. Mac. Myers III
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Date and time: |
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