Walk through a woodland park and you're likely to hear the incessantly singsong tune of the red-eyed vireo. Hear, but not see. The bird skulks through tree canopies in woodlands of the eastern half of ...

A large vireo, the red-eyed is one of the most common songbirds in eastern woodlands. It moves sluggishly through the canopy of broadleaf forests, making it hard to detect, and often picks food by ...

Cold air filled my lungs as I climbed yet another flight of stairs up to the observation tower at Copper Falls State Park. It was interesting looking out through the twigs and trunks. The lack of ...

Back during COVID, I was doing online yoga with a friend in Maine. I remember it was summer, and a bird was singing incessantly in her yard that I didn’t know - its song made me feel like I was in a ...

The red-eyed vireo is another of those birds the field guides describe as “more often heard than seen.” In this case, perhaps, the description should be, “always heard and seldom seen.” The red-eyed ...