Hutton’s Vireo

Vireo hutoni

 (L 5" WS 8" Wt 0.39 oz)

Permanent resident along U.S. and
Mexican west coast...resembles
Ruby-throated Kinglet.

William Rich Hutton

Sonol Regional Wil-
derness, CA

28Dec2008

Eye-ring broken
above eye

Deep in the greens of summer sing the lives

I’ve come to love. A vireo whets its bill.

The great day balances upon the leaves;

My ears still hear the bird when all is still;

My soul is still my soul, and still the Son,

And knowing this, I am not yet undone.

  (Infirmity by Theodore Roethke)

Diablo State Pk

Clayton, CA

31Dec2009