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Index of Subjects Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Paul Sounds to me to be a RE Vireo as well. Interestingly, Nancy, Eastern Towhees in southern Florida do not have red eyes- yellowish-white I believe! cheers Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy P Dowd" <nancypdowd@gmail.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Red-eyed Vireo > Hi Paul > > I did a search on the iBird Pro app for species with red eyes. It turned > up 56 N American birds. Most were loons, ducks, coots, herons, raptors > etc. The only possibly confusing red-eyed songbirds were 3 other vireos > (Yellow Green, Black-whiskered, Black-capped) which have never been > recorded here according to All the Birds of Nova Scotia. > > And Eastern Towhees have red eyes as well as Downy Woodpeckers (this fact > surprised me). No way anyone could confuse them with a vireo > > Great question. > > Nancy > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-06-13, at 2:34 PM, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hi All >> A few minutes ago a bird flew into the back door. >> It was stunned and I got a picture. Just how to get it on the computer is >> another question. >> However it had a red eye and looks like a Vireo. >> Does other species than the Red-eyed have red eyes? >> Soon it righted itself and flew off to the bushes. >> Thanks >> Paul >>
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