Who likes to sing as they work? It certainly offers help to our work when we do, a shifting of our perspective as merry hands make light work. Chapter 24 of Thornton W. Burgess’ beloved classic introduces three “Constant Singers.” As Burgess adds about Redeye,

“Redeye believes in singing while he works,” said Jenny Wren. “For my part I should think he’d wear his throat out. When other birds sing they don’t do anything else, but Redeye sings all the time he is hunting his meals and only stops long enough to swallow a worm or a bug when he finds it. Just as soon as it is down, he begins to sing again while he hunts for another.”

Burgess, Thornton, The Burgess Bird Book for Children, Living Books Press, p. 147.

One interesting fact that Cornell Birds addresses about Red-eyed Vireos has to do with their tell-tale red eyes. They note, “the red iris that gives (them their) name doesn’t develop until the end of the bird’s first winter” (allaboutbirds.org).

These birds have an extensive migration, which you can see here, reaching from the top most section of Canada, all the way down to the Amazon basin.

Here is the rest of our gathering about Red-eye:

Until next time, keep singing, <3 Kate

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