These same vireos had a very real cause for rage and fear in the presence of the red squirrels, and they never failed to pursue and scold one the moment it appeared.
These are among the most common of the Vireosand may be found even in the hearts of large cities, swinging their pretty little nests high up in shade trees.
Oftentimes during the spring migrations of Warblers, Vireosare so numerous and singing so lustily that it is impossible to hear or distinguish the songs of any of the smaller birds.
Warblers, Sparrows and Vireosseem to be most imposed upon in this manner.
Their habits in all respects resemble those of the more common Vireos or Greenlets as they are otherwise called.
The warblingvireos were especially plentiful, and in full tune, making a silvery trail of song beside the dusty road.
Hermit thrushes, Audubon's warblers, and warbling vireos dwelt on the lower part of the acclivity.
Here the vireos suddenly decided that they could escort us no farther, as they had no taste for crepuscular cañons and alpine heights.
I supposed that the nest was that of the red-eyed vireo, the only one of the five vireos which would be likely to build in such a location.
Vireos are more painstaking gleaners; they carefully explore the bark, turn their heads upward to investigate the under side of leaves, and usually keep well hidden among the foliage.
A pair of yellow-throated vireos built no less than three nests one season and only succeeded in occupying the last.
To many of the villagers the wood-lot is a remote and unfamiliar wilderness, and the warblers and vireos as unknown as any tropic bird.
I noticed the least flycatcher and the Maryland yellow-throat mothering young cowbirds, and many vireos and warblers so engaged.
The vireos are a family of artists, whereas the improvident cuckoo will not even lay a proper floor to her nest.
This is the most common of the Vireosin the greater part of its range and is a most persistent songster, frequenting groves, open woods or roadsides.
At the conclusion of the concert a vote of thanks was given the vireos for the crowning success of their concert and an additional vote of thanks for their splendid soloist.
You know the vireos are those beautiful, shy birds that live in the woods and have such lovely voices.
The thrushes and the vireos appeared many times on the program.
The thrushes feed mostly on and near the ground, while some of the vireos and the true flycatchers explore the highest branches.
The vireos are a little larger than the warblers, and are far less brilliant and variegated in color.
We found it first in a wooded spur of the Grand Coulee on June 13th; then commonly at Chelan, where it nested; and also at the head of Lake Chelan with Cassin Vireos right alongside.
They are the only Vireos that I have ever known to nest in communities.
These Vireos swing a bulky basket from the lower or middle heights of oak trees, fir trees, alders, or saplings of various sorts.
In approaching the study of Anthony's Vireo one must forget all he knows or thinks he knows about Vireos in general.
He resorts to the vicinity of some Cassin Vireo's nest containing young, and studies the throng of small birds, which the masterly scolding of the Vireos invariably attracts.
These Vireos roam the half-open woods at all levels, like happy school children; and their childish curiosity is as little to be resented.
Externally it was composed entirely of a long hanging moss, some variety of Usnea, very thickly and closely interwoven, being thus conspicuously devoid of such exterior decorations as other Vireos provide.
Vireos were once common in the shade-trees of our city streets, and are still in some places where English sparrows have not taken everything, and boys are not allowed to throw stones or shoot.
For some days I had been convinced that a pair of vireos had a nest in my maple, but much scrutiny had failed to reveal it to me.
A pair of bluebirds were rearing their second brood in a box on the porch of my correspondent, and a pair of vireos had a nest with young in some lilac bushes but a few feet away.
Certain am I that the vireos soon abandoned the nest, though they do not always do this when hoodwinked in this way.
Of the smaller birds, like the vireos and warblers, the jay will devour the young.
Presently he saw the male bluebird come to the nest with a worm in its beak, and, as the young vireos stretched up their gaping mouths, he dropped the worm into one of them.
Titmice, chickadees, and red-eyed vireos forage in redbuds on many occasions.
Occasionally one of the vireos would flash up into a low tree and wail for food until we had to bring the step-ladder and fetch him down.
A couple of solitary vireos had taken up their abode on a wooded hillside, where they, or others like them, had passed the previous summer, and one day I proposed to a friend that we make it our business to search out the nest.
They are also more musical, all the Vireos having characteristic songs, which if not always highly musical, are generally noticeable, pronounced and unmistakable.
The nests of all our Vireos are pendant, deeply cup-shaped structures usually hung between the forks of a crotch, to the arms of which they are most skilfully woven.
The Warblers, (Family MniotiltidA|) like the Vireos are distinctly American birds, indeed they may be called characteristic North American birds since most of the one hundred odd species are found north of Mexico.
Bearing a general resemblance in size and color to many of the Warblers, Vireos are sometimes confused with members of that family.
The vireos and pewees and gnats were still building, I reflected thankfully, though trembling for their future; and fortunately the hangbird had young.
The vireos form a peculiar and interesting family--the Vireonidæ, which includes about fifty species.
The vireos build pensile nests that are ingeniously concealed under the surrounding foliage.
The vireos also ceased singing at the end of the first week in August, but sometimes the red-eye gives a little preachment from his leafy pulpits in the woods.
Life histories of North American wagtails, shrikes, vireos and their allies.
As indicated in foraging, the lack of competition from aboreal species of vireos presumably contributes to the use of higher perches by Bell Vireos.
Daily Frequency of Song In the morning, Bell Vireos usually began singing a few minutes before sunrise.
If suitable habitat adjacent to the extant territory is unoccupied by other Bell Vireos the unoccupied area may be annexed in the course of searching for a new site.
Interspecific Relationships A number of meetings between Bell Vireos and other species were observed in the course of the study (Table 4).
The area used exclusively for all biological needs by a single pair of Bell Vireos is vigorously defended both physically and vocally early in the breeding season and vocally as the season progresses.
The Bell Vireos foraged fully 20 per cent of the time in these trees.
With cessation of breeding activities physiological mechanisms governing maintenance of territory seemingly are no longer active and yet the pairs of Bell Vireos remain within a restricted area which they alone use.
The thrushes feed mostly on and near the ground, while some of the vireos and the true fly-catchers explore the highest branches.
The vireos are noted as good providers and protectors.
When the vireos return, imagine the little red eyes looking with surprise at the egg that almost fills the cradle.
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