White-Eyed Vireo

Vireo griseus

"Common in dense brush within or along edges of woods; stays low within vegetation ... A small secretive vireo; rather stocky and active. White iris of adult distinctive. On all note grayish head, yellow-green flanks, and especially bright yellow 'spectacles'." (David Allen Sibley. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, p. 274.)

"Common to uncommon migrant throughout the eastern two-thirds of the state." (Mark W. Lockwood & Brush Freeman. The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, p. 133)

Photo taken with a Nikon D300 using a Nikon 400mm manual focus f/5.6 lens.

May 24, 2013.