Warbling Vireos

[phukan@email.unc.edu (shantanu phukan)]

Yes, I can confirm the return of the vireos, I just checked this
morning and they were singing their hearts out in the two maple trees
right in front of the Anilorac Farmhouse on Dairyland Road.

Mr. Snipes, the owner of the farm, gave me permission to walk around
the fields and they produced Tree and Barn Swallows, E. Kingbirds,
Orchard Orioles, Blue Grosbeak (the first of the year for me), Summer
Tanagers, meadowlarks, DC Cormorants, a Yellow Warbler, and a Palm
Warbler (this at Maple View Farm just down the street). And finally, I
got to see one Grasshopper Sparrow singing, out of the hundreds that
must be in these fields. 

Shantanu Phukan
Chapel Hill