ML129513861

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Observation details

We all heard this bird and most of us saw it during a brief period between 6:55 and 7:00 pm, yet my views of it were insufficient for me to make a specific identification. Although I could see that this was a plump, short-tailed warbler with a flat crown, a horizontal posture, and a slim bill, the only thing that I noted about the plumage was that it appeared more dark brown than olive above. I never saw the underparts at all, and I could not even recall seeing a supercilium. Given the bird's distance from us at about 50 meters, I am not sure I could have distinguished much detail, so I ran to get my scope, only to have the bird disappear just before I returned. The call was a drier and less metallic "chick" that was clearly different from that of a Northern Waterthrush, yet with the loud quality of a waterthrush. Given the conditions at the time, the photographs below taken by Tom Benson came out amazingly well.

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