ML146137131

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Observation details

Present since at least 25 Jan 2019, when first reported to eBird. Found in the area of the three benches/American Crocodile sign, which seems to be a favored foraging area, based on other eBirders' lists. Val heard it singing at the three benches but did not see it at the time; I saw a bird fly from "her" tree into a fig between the path and the fairway. After finding the same Black-and-white Warbler numerous times, I finally got a good but brief look at the Warbling Vireo. A few seconds later, a tee shot sliced through the fig and nearly struck us, so we backed off a few minutes until the golfers moved on. By then, the vireo was gone, although we repeatedly saw the same Black-and-white Warbler, plus a bright Prairie Warbler. About 25 minutes later, at 0956, and after we had walked maybe 250 feet south, Val again heard the vireo singing quietly and she quickly found it foraging alone less than 25 feet overhead in a Laurel Oak. We both got great, long looks and diagnostic photographs. A world lifer for Val and and a Florida lifer for me. Note: no other eBirder has identified the Greynolds Park vireo to subspecies/species, but I think Val's description of the song, plus the occurrence during winter, point to it being the western subspecies/species (_swainsoni_ group); this form winters much farther north than the eastern subspecies/species (_gilvus_ group). There is precedent for the _swainsoni_ group wintering in Florida, but no records of the _gilvus_ group wintering in Florida. (Are there any records of _gilvus_ wintering anywhere from Mexico northward?).

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