Sunday, April 18, 2021
BLACK-WHISKERED VIREO, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN,NAPLES,FLORIDA, 4/18/2021
We can ID this vireo as a Black-whiskered Vireo as follows:
- Distinctive black line ( the " whisker") on the neck sides
- Dark line through eyes
- White eyebrow stripe
- Dark crown
- Relatively long, hooked bill
- Whitish underparts with pale yellow undertail coverts
- Dark and white striped underwing pattern (see last photo).
The Black-whiskered Vireo breeds in southern Florida and the West Indies, as far south as the offshore islands of Venezuela. It is a partial migrant, with northern birds wintering from the Greater Antilles to northern South America.
The Black-whiskered Vireo is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,004.
WILLETS & SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, DING DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE,SANIBEL,FLORIDA, 4/15/2021
The Willets are the three larger shorebirds: one in the upper left and two on the right of the first three photos. The Short-billed Dowtchers are the three smaller shorebirds in the lower left of the first three photos. The last photo shows two Willets.
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