Date: 10/14/24 8:59 am From: Tim Lewis (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Blue headed vireo singing yesterday
It seems likely that after post-breeding dispersal (kicking out the kids, expanding feeding options, etc.) they return to reinforce their territory as a defense against competition next year. A red-eyed vireo was singing this morning, a resident pine warbler continues to sing all winter here, and a hooded warbler sings into mid September too.
Tim Lewis
Jackson Co. NC, mountains
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Subject: Re: Blue headed vireo singing yesterday
They sing here during migration.
Anita Huffman
Rugby, VA
Grayson County
On 10/13/24 12:28, Ruth Grissom wrote:
> I was hiking on the Uwharrie Trail yesterday around noon and heard a blue headed vireo singing. I’m a dilettante birder so perhaps this is far more common than I know, but it struck me as unusual for a migrant to sing in the fall, especially in an area where it’s unlikely to breed.
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> I will add that when I first heard it, I thought it might be a red eyed vireo because they are in general such persistent singers, but Merlin suggested blue headed and that seemed truer to what I was hearing.
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> I’d appreciate any thoughts y’all might have. Always appreciate the opportunity to learn.
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> Many thanks,
> Ruth Ann
> Uwharrie National Forest
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> Sent from my iPhone
