From one of our morning walks we kept a sharp eye peeled and took note of the acorn crop materializing on the swamp and bur oaks. Deer hunting should be good this fall with natural mast food sources.
And we spied a nest. My first impression was that it was a paper wasp nest. Yet too small - slightly larger than my clenched fist. It was of woven grass and paper birch bark bits all-over. It was a cup-style bird nest and superbly camouflaged.
Having never identified one previously Google Image tells me that a red-eyed vireo constructed this home.
Another first.
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