[birding] Hutton's Vireo

[Marcia F. Cutler]

James,

 

Nearly any area that you can find a Ruby-crowned Kinglet may also have a
Hutton's Vireo.  They like similar habitat: tall bushes, mixed deciduous
trees and mixed conifer/deciduous trees.  The trick is to look carefully at
all the Ruby-crowned Kinglets for the one with slightly different markings -
no black wingbar behind the white wingbar, heavier beak with a sharply
curved end rather than a point, more white in the lores (between the eye and
bill), etc. Their behavior is a bit different - they're a little less
hyperactive and flick their wings less as they browse for insects.  They
also sound different - the Kinglet has a harsh scold (tchut-tchut) and a
very pretty, whistly song that can sound like "peter-peter peter-peter pete
pete".  The Hutton's song is a rather simple "tu-whee" .

 

I haven't been out much this year, but I've generally found Hutton's Vireos
in appropriate habitat at: Bald Hill (esp. hillside near barn), Willamette
Park, ML King Park (along the cinder jogging trail), Woodpecker Loop at
Finley NWR (esp. around where the trail splits into the loop), EE Wilson.

 

Marcia F. Cutler

Corvallis

 

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[mailto:list-bounces at midvalleybirding.org] On Behalf Of James Ray
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 7:39 PM
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Subject: [birding] Hutton's Vireo

 

 
I was wondering if anyone knows of a location close to the Corvallis area
where you can find Hutton's Vireos with relative frequency.
 
Thanks
 
James

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