White-eyed vireo.


A late staying white-eyed vireo. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Dec 13, 2018

While scouting for the Christmas Bird Count I refound this vireo that has been in the area for weeks but had disappeared for a few days.
White-eyed Vireos eat caterpillars, flies, beetles, moths, butterflies, leafhoppers, lacewings, and spiders. They forage in a rather deliberate manner, slowly hopping along and looking around before grabbing something to eat. They swallow smaller items on the spot, but pin down larger prey with their foot before eating it. During the nonbreeding season, they also eat fruit from sumac, dogwood, poison ivy, pokeweed, and wax myrtle.
source - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/…/White-eyed_Vir…/lifehistory…

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