This morning at Loop Head my buddy Finbarr and I managed to locate a Red-eyed Vireo. It was skulking around in a ditch not far from the lighthouse. This was the fifth record for the county. There were three in 1995, one in 2006 and this bird make it five to date. The bird was fairly approachable and looked tired as if it just arrived on the headland that morning, It stayed up to about 15.30 and was not seen later in the evening, after a fairly widespread search.
Red-eyed Vireo near Loop Head Lighthouse John N Murphy
Wonderful photos of a gorgeous bird. Fantastic
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ReplyDeleteThanks guys, had the bird down to six feet the same distance as the bird in October 2006, both freshly in off the sea and wrecked from their travels.
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos of a beautiful bird. Great stuff.
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