A skulking songbird of dense Hill Country blackberry tangles and sumac thickets, famous for its inquisitive yellow spectacles, white eye irises, and explosive song.
Field Identification: Striking white eye iris in adults, bright yellow spectacles around the eye, olive-green back, two white wing bars, and yellow flanks.
Texas & Hill Country Notes: Their energetic song sounds like mnemonic phrases: "chick-per-mew-chick" or "quick-take-a-drink-now!". They construct deep hanging cup nests suspended in thorny vine tangles only 2 to 5 feet off the ground.
