White-Eyed Vireo
While travelling in Southwest
Florida. I decided to hike the 2.5 mile boardwalk trail through the
Autubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. I’d heard it was an interesting
walk with the possibility of seeing several species of birds.
I was happy that someone pointed out
a black-eyed vireo building a small nest. By the time I could see it, the tiny
bird had flown away. I assumed that if it were building a nest, it will
probably be back and, five minutes later it came back with a piece of plant
material. It poked around quite a bit, then even snuggled into the nest,
seemingly to make sure it was comfortable. Satisfied with the work, the bird
flew off again. I photographed it returning to the nest four times. It was the
first time I had seen this bird and was lucky to be able to photograph
it.
Here is the site that helped my identify this specie - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-eyed_Vireo/id
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