How to Use vireo in a Sentence

vireo

noun
  • This bird was soon joined in song by a red-eyed vireo; a pleasing sound of dueling vireos.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 20 July 2017
  • 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
  • Preserving the least Bell’s vireo, of course, goes beyond the river.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • In the early 1980s, half the vireo nests there were parasitized.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The unsuspecting vireo will then raise the cowbird chicks, which grow faster than its own and outcompete the vireo nestlings for food.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In late April and May, the vireo starts singing from trees and continues singing all summer long, even in the heat of the day.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • At Martha’s Vineyard, a white-eyed vireo continued to be reported.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
  • 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
  • Sightings included a willow flycatcher, a white-eyed vireo, a cliff swallow, two purple martins, and two Northern parulas.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021
  • This vireo actually is singing its song to woo a mate or deter another potential romantic partner from intruding on its territory.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The project isn’t far from Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, a major tourist destination for the community and home for critters like the golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • 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
  • Northern Maine’s boreal forests, including in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, are home to millions of breeding songbirds like warblers, vireos, and thrushes.
    — Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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