ML619104859
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Observation details
Previously reported here. Two individuals singing along the river. One individual primarily in trees at west tip of island, seen from the trail around (42.32453, -83.84587). From this same spot, we also saw and heard it singing farther upriver (to the west), and sometimes heard a second bird singing in response from farther west. We heard the first one singing pretty quickly upon our arrival, followed the sound to this spot, and watched here for around 20 minutes, during which time the bird moved back and forth across the river several times without us seeing it. We eventually continued on our way and hiked the rest of the loop, then returned to this spot to keep watching for the bird, which was still singing. Luckily, it soon started singing from right next to us, on our side of the river. We scrambled to get a view of it, and finally saw it just as it flew from a bare branch overhanging the river, gave us clear naked-eye views as it passed over the river in front of us, and landed on another overhanging dead branch farther upstream, still on the north side of the river. We got somewhat distant but unobstructed binocular views of it as it sang from this new perch. A beautiful bright yellow, elongated-looking warbler, with luminous golden tones on its face, and an olive back blending into blue-gray wings. As we kept watching, it returned to the large silver maple on the west tip of the island, and we finally succeeded in seeing it as it sang from this tree, hopping among a few different branches before dropping out of view. We left when it started singing again from farther upriver, with the second bird still singing in response. Distinctive warbler song similar in pitch and quality to Yellow Warbler, but more powerful and insistent, and no variation in phrasing: the song always consisted of the same ringing "seet" note repeated several times. I got an audio recording, but no photos, unfortunately.
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