ML452860441
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Singing NNE side of N. pond at 6:25 am. Buzzy ascending trill, flattening out/descending slightly at the end of the song. Adult male, yellow breast/belly, whitish lower belly/undertail coverts. Black bask with no discernable eye arcs. Thin bill with yellow lower mandible and dark upper mandible. Greenish mantle, bluish wings with two thin white wing bars. Slightly more ochre color on the breast, but lacking the clear breast band expected of a Northern Parula (or smudged breast band often seen in hybrids). No obvious indications of this bird having Northern Parula introgression. It's worth noting that this song type is given by both Northern and Tropical Parulas. Given the increase in apparently pure Tropical Parulas in the Western Edwards Plateau and southern Trans-Pecos in adjacent Texas, it seems in keeping with this pattern of expansion. Phenotypically this appears to be a pure Tropical, who knows if it is genetically. Continuing 1st NM record, and while perhaps not "overdue" per se, certainly on most NM birders' list of most likely next firsts for the state. There are one or two prior credible reports in the state, though not substantiated until this record. *edit: after looking through my (fairly poor due to lighting) photos, it appears this bird has an asymmetric wing pattern, one partial white wing bar on the right, two on the left. All wing bars much narrower and less conspicuous than a Northern Parula.
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