The white-eyed vireo is a striking
bird with white eyes and yellow spectacles. The eyes clearly set
it apart from the yellow-throated
vireo, which also has yellow
spectacles. Other differences between these two species include
the throat, which is yellow in the yellow-throated vireo and white in
the white-eyed vireo, and the belly/lower-breast area, which is yellow
in the white-eyed vireo and white in the yellow-throated. The white-eyed vireo peaks
at Magee Marsh during the second week of May, though it can be seen as
early as the last week of April. Even during its peak this bird
is not
very common at Magee.
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