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Bath time wet little birdie - I thought this was another kinglet, but I have a photo before he took the plunge into the pool and it turns out he's a vireo Fall,Geotagged,Huttons vireo,United States,Vireo huttoni Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Bath time

wet little birdie - I thought this was another kinglet, but I have a photo before he took the plunge into the pool and it turns out he's a vireo

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    Ferdy Christant
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    I did not expect this series of new birds, how versatile can you be? ;) Posted 9 years ago
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      morpheme
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      lol -I'm pretty much just opportunistic. I noticed the chickadees first as they are pretty bold birds and weren't scared off by my presence (and I've wanted a good photo of a Chestnut backed...), so I sat down to change from my macro to a longer lens. As I sat there more and more little birds started coming down because there was a natural little pool in the log that was a perfect bird bath. I was sitting across the path from them, but as long as I was fairly still they didn't seem to mind me. If I had the time to stay in that spot longer, I may have been able to see even more kinds. Posted 9 years ago
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        That's so cool, them being aware of your presence but not bothered by it. Posted 9 years ago

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The Huttons vireo

Hutton's vireo is a small songbird. It is approximately 5 inches in length, dull olive-gray above and below. It has a faint white eye ring and faint white wing bars. It closely resembles a ruby-crowned kinglet, but has a thicker bill and is slightly larger in size. Its most common song is a repeated chu-wee, or a chew, but will have other variations. Its call is a mewing chatter.

It is found from southern British Columbia in Canada to central Guatemala in Central America. Recent DNA studies.. more

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Uploaded Sep 20, 2015. Captured Oct 19, 2015 12:44 in Five Mile Dr, Tacoma, WA 98407, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/4.8
  • 1/500s
  • ISO800
  • 200mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.