ML41377971

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

*** Very rare but possibly overlooked winter resident. After hearing a White-eyed Vireo song during my last visit, I did some research and concluded that there were no other options for identification. I returned today and pished from the garden edge that I heard the bird, and had no result. However, an Eastern Screech-Owl imitation greatly stirred a hidden pair of Ovenbirds, which alarm-called back and forth for a perhaps a minute before the vireo approached the garden from the scrub (a Prairie Warbler, a mockingbird, and possibly the two nearby Palm-Tanagers also took interest in the call). I photographed the vireo, which I recognized to species level in the field (and later checked all similar species in the Caribbean just in case), then confirmed age with the photographs.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

ISO

1600

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/125 sec

Dimensions

729 pixels x 486 pixels

Original file size

304.8 KB