060620 Brown Thrasher
060820 Bell's Vireo
The Great Plains has some of the most beautiful breeding birds and I don't indicate that because it is my home, the birds are truly remarkable, as are our winter birds, though we'll get to them at another time like winter.
Even though the Brown Thrasher is a bird seen over most of the country except the west, it is far from common. It tends to be shy and retiring, until that big voice gets in the way. It will be heard before it is seen and it has some of the richest calls and repeats its phrases in doublets rather than triplets like the Northern Mockingbird. If the bird is not seen, it is an easy rule of thumb to remember what one is hearing.
Bell's Vireo is another wonderful bird that is one of the few states that it uses for breeding purposes. There are several subspecies which include the Eastern, broken further into the Bright and Drab adults. The Western birds include the Bright and Drab Arizona and the rarest of the species is the Bright California or the Least Bell's Vireo.
A few weeks ago, writer was fortunate enough to find the Bright Eastern which is like a neon sign in comparison to this bird.
It is also sometimes confused with the Warbling Vireo, which is a browner species. The warbling tends to stay high, while the Bell's will often forage in short bushes and shrubs, though it will sing in a high area to keep intruders from its territory. As can be noted, the Bell's Vireo also has a green tint to its back or scapulars. The song is also quite different. The Bell's Vireo sings "cheedle-cheedle-chew, cheedle-cheedle-chee," which is unmistakable.
To See Bright Eastern Bell's Vireo From This Spring:
https://debhirt.blogspot.com/2020/05/051320-yesterdays-rain-and-clouds.html
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