Despite the forecasted rain, today was fairly beautiful, so I went for a stroll. I saw pretty much every bird I saw the whole hike by standing still for 10 minutes at the trailhead. A tree fell there in the winter, damaging part of the trail (EBRPD has since put in some stairs), but opening up a nice gap for viewing birds. New things just kept popping up and singing. If only all canopy birding could be so pleasant.
Then I decided to observe every plant I could find in flower, which was edifying, if a bit arduous. The only one I know I missed was some elderberry that was out of reach and unphotographable with the phone. Still got some IDing to do.
Grey vireo, dark line through the eye, white lie above no eye ring, dark primaries, bill wiping, feeding in canopy
R gymnocarpa? Growing in shaded woodland
Pretty sure the ID is right here, which is frustrating because it doesn't key out to the "rayless" section of the key in Beidleman and Kozloff.
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