How to Use vireo in a Sentence

vireo

noun

• The migrant wildlife is gone, the pewees, vireos and wood thrushes all far to the south by now.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2017
• Martha’s Vineyard: A piping plover, a common raven, and a white-eyed vireo were seen at Gay Head.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
• This bird was soon joined in song by a red-eyed vireo; a pleasing sound of dueling vireos.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 20 July 2017
• Keep an eye out for the 55 species that nest at the park, including the bright yellow warbler and the least bell’s vireo (the babies will soon be fledging!).
  — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Typically, the cowbird egg would hatch first, and the larger chick would outcompete the smaller vireo chicks for food—or simply push them out of the nest.
  — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2022
• From rare birds (the least Bell’s vireo) to wee crustaceans (fairy shrimp), our county is home to nearly 200 imperiled plants and animals.
  — Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• At Martha’s Vineyard, a white-eyed vireo continued to be reported.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
• Other species to watch for include Arizona woodpecker, whiskered screech owl and Hutton’s vireo.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
• Boston area: Among sightings were broad-winged hawk, a Philadelphia vireo, and a bay-breasted warbler.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2021
• In less than an hour, Supplee spots yellow warblers, summer tanagers, yellow-breasted chats and a Bell's vireo — the four birds Audubon is gathering data on.
  — Joshua Bowling, azcentral, 24 May 2018
• North of Boston, on Plum Island highlights included six blue-winged teal, four Hudsonian godwits, a warbling vireo, an early snow bunting, and a sedge wren.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
• The Star Ranch property contains a mix of chaparral, wetlands and stream-side habitat which support endangered species, including the arroyo toad and least Bell’s vireo, a rare songbird.
  — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
• Sightings included a willow flycatcher, a white-eyed vireo, a cliff swallow, two purple martins, and two Northern parulas.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021
• At the Manomet Bird Observatory, a Philadelphia vireo and a summer tanager were banded.
  — Grace Gilson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• The company planted native shrubs and trees such as willows and cottonwoods to create habitat for endangered or threatened species such as the least Bell’s vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• The report to the Planning Commission notes the mining will have a significant impact to six acres of sensitive habitat, including southern willow scrub occupied by Least Bell’s vireo.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 July 2017
• The dawn chorus was productive, though, providing grasshopper sparrow, scarlet tanager, summer tanager and yellow-throated vireo, to name a few.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 14 May 2018
• Bird names can reflect the location where that initial identification was described, as in Philadelphia vireo, (not helpful in identification).
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024