[TN-Bird] odd-sounding red eyed vireo

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Nashville-Davidson, Co. TN

Early last May a small group of birders at Radnor Lake were intrigued by an 
odd-sounding vireo. We heard the bird before seeing it. It sounded like a 
red-eyed vireo, but the song was slower, a bit like that of a blue-headed, but 
not as high pitched. However, the oddest feature to its song as it whistled its 
series of phrase/questions, was the addition from time to time of a few final 
notes that sounded like "PIT-tew-EE", with falling and then rising intonation. 
When we finally spotted the bird after searching for several minutes, we 
confirmed it was indeed a red-eyed vireo. The bird was around for a few days 
and then, to my knowledge, heard no more.

Today I heard the same odd vireo song at Radnor along the road leading from the 
West Parking lot to the dam. Short of a banding identification, I cannot 
confirm this is the very same red-eyed vireo, but if it is not, it is a 
graduate of the same voice school!

Kevin Bowden
Nashville, TN


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