Yellow-throated Vireo

I got a call from a friend this morning telling me about a Yellow-throated Vireo that she found in Lee Martinez Park in downtown Fort Collins. Oooo, another lifer opportunity, I thought. So I jammed down there, and with the help of another fellow, I was able to find the bird real quick-like.

A very handsome bird, singing sporadically and sounding much like his “Solitary Vireo” cousins. I don’t always get these kind of gratifying chase results, and I’m thrilled to also get a decent photo of it. My blog probably makes it seem like I get plenty of good photos from my birding experiences, but that’s misleading – I often post the successes, and (obviously) never the failures, of which there are plenty.