Sunday, December 13, 2015

Mistaken identity

Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)

As are vireos, this bird is an active forager in mixed oak-evergreen woodlands.  This is a year-round resident species throughout its range.

It's range, on a continental-scale, is limited; the West Coast and portions of the southwestern United States.
As such, it can be and is sometimes mistaken for the far more widespread Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) from birders and naturalist from other parts of the continent less familiar with this vireo.

Hutton's Vireo

In life, have you ever been mistaken by others about who, what and how you truly were? I certainly have been.

A variation on a Zen proverb is "... listen (*and look, too, in our case) twice, speak once."







No comments:

Post a Comment