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Posted by Larry Manfredi on 16:30:30 10/03/11
Roberto Torres pulled another great bird from his hat this morning, when he called to tell me that he found a Yellow-green Vireo! I jumped into the car and drove down to Matheson Hammock County Park. In no less than 10-mintues we were all looking at the Yellow-green Vireo!
Pull into the north main parking lot (on the left side), just after you pull into the park from Old Cutler road. Park here and then walk down the paved trail. Right after you start walking turn right or west. The picnic table that is closest to the hammock or woods, is where you want to look from. Just north of this picnic table is a large Strangler Fig with lots of Virgina Creeper vine growing in the top. The fruit looks black and is what all of the vireos, thrushes etc. love to feed on. This tree is between the picnic table and the main road coming into the park.
You can see a picture of the vireo here as well: http://www.southfloridabirding.com/html/recent_rarities..htm
From what I can remember, this may only be the third photographed record of this species for the state! There have been at least 5-reports of birds that were not photographed. I am sure this bird can easily be overlooked during migration. These birds can be very hard to photograph due to their very active nature.
Larry Manfredi
Homestead, Fl
E-mail: birderlm@bellsouth.net
http://www.southfloridabirding.com
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