ML373867671
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Bird was present for two days. Multiple supportive factors for WEWP including voice and plumage. During my entire stay at this location, covering two checklists, the bird vocalized maybe four times or so. None of these calls heard were of the typical high slurred call or pips that I am familiar with for migrant EAWP. Soft spoken and held "phwees" were heard with none-to-minimal slurring noted. One shoddy recording will be listed. Call is around 5 second mark. MEGA*** ***Accepted by FOSRC in 2023. Candidate for potential WEWP, and only pewee present at the site during visit, with multiple supportive ID points and a few knowledgeable birders suggesting my simple recording supports Western, along with characteristics of plumage. Extensive details, photo, audio, and updates TBA. Interesting bird. Extensive dark vest extending nearly down to vent, with a small ident in the chest and belly creating a very indistinct "vest". Bill was almost entirely dark, with most views showing the little orange present being restricted the the base of the bottom mandible. Eye ring barely discernable. Median coverts bar indistinct compared to greater coverts, strikingly so in more than a few photos. Undertail coverts extensively smudgy dark in most views, though amount of light did affect this to a degree. The posture the bird held while feeding also supports that of Western, in which the bird would typically hold the tail in line with the angle of the body, and not slightly cocked inward or downward while perched. Mostly silent, though I did hear a few soft "phwee" calls. Not the typical high slurred call or pips I'm used to hearing. Generally feeding high in the Australian Pines, partial to the area around these coordinates for most of my observation of the bird. 27.302485,-82.565429 Bird was dedicated to a small pine forest sandwiched between the mangrove lagoon and intracoastal waterway. During my time with the bird, most of its foraging was done towards the East end of the grove, though did have it as far up as the entrance to the lagoon boardwalk, occasionally foraging at the tops of the mangroves. Typically the bird fed high in the pines, rarely descending, and when it did it quickly returned to its favored heights. Loosely associating with a small foraging flock of gnatcatchers and warblers.
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