Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Yellow-throated Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo
 The yellow-throated vireo is a small song bird that breeds through out much of the eastern United States. Minnesota, where these pictures where taken, is on the western edge of their range. They prefer forest habitats where they can glean insect from foliage. Insects are their primary food source although they will also eat seeds and fruit. During the winter they migrate down to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and northern portions of South America.
Yellow-throated Vireo
 The yellow-throated vireo is one of the most colorful vireo found in North America. They are primarily solitary coming together only for mating and raising their young. Nests are built in trees and are usually made from a combination of bark, vegetation, pine needles, spider webs and hair.

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8 comments:

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Gorgeous shots of this little bird

Adam Jones said...

What a great looking bird.

Reader Wil said...

The photos are magnificent as always! Thanks for the information about the birds!

Have a great week
Wil, ABCW Team

Nette Cecilia said...

a pretty little bird ,great photos ,nette

Anonymous said...

Beautiful shots!

Joy said...

Lovely photos of a sunny little bird.

Roger Owen Green said...

and a pretty yellow, at that.

ROG, ABCW

A Colorful World said...

Great photos of a lovely little bird!