Species: Philadelphia Vireo
Most recent capture date: 10/22/2022

Notes: This bird is a bit lost. Philadelphia Vireos breed in the northeastern US and across most of Canada, not quite reaching to the west coast; they migrate across the eastern half of the US and winter in Central America. At no point during any of that should they be within 500 miles of the San Francisco Bay! Birds who have strayed outside their usual range are called vagrants. Vagrants have a reputation for not faring well, but this is because a lot of vagrants are trying to migrate out over the ocean when they should remain over land, or trying to spend the winter somewhere snowy when they should be somewhere tropical. This vireo is nowhere near Central America, but winter in the Bay Area is warm and wet and might not be too alien for him. We hope that we or some other station catches him again in the future so we can find out where else he goes!