White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus), Lower Morgan City Wash, Maricopa County

This White-eyed Vireo was discovered and photographed by Troy Corman on 13 September 2008 at Morgan City Wash which is just south of Lake Pleasant (northwest of Phoenix).

Considered a casual visitor to Arizona, with no apparent pattern of seasonal occurrence or distribution in the state. There are fewer than 20 previous records. 

Overall stocky and short-tailed (size of Hutton's Vireo).  Light iris, bright yellow lores and spectacles, white wingbars, yellowish sides and flanks

13 September 2008, photo by Troy Corman