Anything is possible with pigementation characters, but White-eyed Vireo would be a vagrant in Arizona. The most obvious possibility is that it was a Bell's Vireo.
Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-125667917-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-125667917-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Andrew Block [ablock22...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 9:17 AM To: NYS Birds Cc: nysbird...@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] dark eyed white-eyed vireo in late May? Has anyone ever had a juvenile white-eyed vireo in late May? I had a bird in AZ that looked just like a white-eyed vireo but it's eye was dark. I know the juveniles have dark eyes, but I've always been puzzled that it was dark at that time of year. I would think they haven't even fledged at that time. I thought of maybe a Mexican species but there are none that look like the white-eyed and have a dark eye. Just wondering. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4780 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
