WOW: Black-capped Vireo in Arizona

The Texans and the Oklahomans out there won’t be as dazzled, but it pays to remember that Black-capped Vireo, with only a single Arizona record from nearly 40 years ago, is rarer in the state than either Blue Mockingbird or Sinaloa Wren (both of those rarities, by the way, are still being seen).

A male Black-capped Vireo was reported this morning from Miller Canyon, home of Beatty’s Guest Ranch and hummingbird heaven. If this sighting is adequately documented, it will be Arizona’s bird of the year for sure.