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The Philadelphia Vireo, ''Vireo philadelphicus'', is a small Songbird . Adults are mainly olive-brown on the upperparts with yellow underparts; they have dark eyes and a grey crown. There is a dark line through the eyes and a white stripe just over them. They have thick blue-grey legs and a stout bill. Their breeding habitat is the edges of Deciduous and mixed woods across Canada . They make a basket-shaped cup nest in a fork of a tree branch, usually placed relatively high. These birds Migrate to Mexico and Central America . This Vireo is a very rare vagrant to western Europe . They forage for insects in trees, sometimes hovering or flying to catch Insect s in flight. They also eat berries, especially before migration. These birds sometimes imitate the calls of Red-eyed Vireo s. They are unlikely to visit Philadelphia , except in migration. |
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