Red-Eyed Vireo

Red-eyed vireos typically sing high in tree canopies in short little bursts of 2-4 syllables, altering back and forth between ascending and descending tones so it sounds like a 90's Valley Girl on the phone saying, "Hello?" "Where are you?" "That's cool" "I'm up here." "Totally."

They're common in wooded areas in North Dakota usually accompanied by warbling vireos. Other vireo species that breed in isolated locales in North Dakota include yellow-throated vireo and bell's vireo.

During migration people may also see blue-headed vireos and Philadelphia vireos. There are only rare observations of plumbeous vireo, Cassin's vireo and white-eyed vireo.

Therefore, it's possible to find 9 of North America's 15 vireo species in our state.