Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Blue-headed Vireo · Green-Wood Cemetery · 25 April 2026
A Blue-headed Vireo working a branch at Green-Wood in April, the first vireo of the spring. It breeds in the mixed forests of the Northeast and Canada, and it comes through Brooklyn a fortnight ahead of the rest of its family.
Bold white "spectacles" broken at the top of a blue-grey head are the giveaway, along with two crisp white wing bars against olive upperparts. Vireos move more deliberately than warblers, working a branch methodically rather than flitting, which makes them easier to get a clean look at even when they are less brightly marked.
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