ML619601775
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About 11am began hearing an unusual bird song outside. A repeated somewhat unmusical see-pee-see-pee-see-pee trill made at a moderate tempo. Tempo too slow and notes too uneven for Orange-crowned, too fast and long in duration for Wilson's. I suspected a Tennessee Warbler, so went outside to investigate. Eventually found a male Tennessee singing audibly in a small tree. Pale gray underparts with just the faintest hint of yellow on the throat and flanks. Dark gray tail was very short with limited projection past the undertail coverts. Wings were dark grey with a weak green wash. Back and rump were lime green. Crown was a cool gray color. A dusky ocular line extended from the gape to the eye and ran slightly rearwards behind the eye. The ocular line was separated from the gray crown by a short whitish supercilium that extended from the supraloral area over the eye and ended just behind it giving the face a weakly patterned appearance. Cheek was cool gray like the crown. Bill was gray, thin and sharply pointed. Legs and feet were gray. I attempted several recordings of the song, but considerable ambient noise like passing aircraft, police sires, garden equipment, and passing traffic ruined most of them. I did get one short recording right when one of the songs started that I think truncated the first few notes of the trill but didn't otherwise conflict with other noise.
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