Bell's Vireo had been reported on eBird as a continuing bird at Plantation Preserve. We travelled about 1 3/4 hours to see this bird. Luckily, at the Linear Park at Plantation Preserve we ran into David S. Hall, who had originally sighted this bird and has reported it, with photos, several times on eBird. With his help we were able to see Bell's Vireo. However, the photos I took did not really come out very good, so, with his permission, I am using the photos taken by by him. Thanks for all the help David.
We can ID this bird as Bell's Vireo as follows:
- As much as we can see of the upperparts are grayish
- Underparts are whitish with some yellowish tones
- Two whitish wingbars (you can make them out in second photo), with the upper wingbar being shorter and indistinct
- Dark line through eye, broken whitish eyering and indistinct whitish lore
- Fairly heavy bill (compared to Warblers) with a hook at the end (if you look closely you can make this out in the first and last photos)
Bell's Vireo is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 979.
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