{"id":76551,"date":"2014-06-30T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=76551"},"modified":"2019-12-23T00:45:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:45:13","slug":"a-bestiary-songbirds-vireos-blue-headed-vireo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/a-bestiary-songbirds-vireos-blue-headed-vireo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bestiary : Songbirds ~ Vireos ~ Blue-headed Vireo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue-headed Vireo, Vireosolitariesis one of the two vireos that breed in our gardens at Flower Hill Farm in Western Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 514px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-76552 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_3049-web1.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"504\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>The large white spectacles give this vireo away along with the blue-gray hood and cape it dons. Two wing bars and a splash of yellow on his side adds to the beauty ofthis small songbird.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 514px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-76553 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_6450-web1.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"504\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Once thought to be a Solitary Vireo linked with the Cassin&#8217;s Vireo and the Plumbeous Vireo until a 1997study proved it to be a species of its own. You can learn a bit more about this striking vireo over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue-headed Vireo, Vireosolitariesis one of the two vireos that breed in our gardens at Flower Hill Farm in Western Massachusetts. The large white spectacles give this vireo away along with the blue-gray hood and cape it dons. 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