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Observation details

Thanks to a gentleman from New York who asked Ed if Palm Warblers are unusual here. Yes!! A western ‘brown’ individual was feeding on the grass lawn and flying onto the black wire fence. Then, amazingly, it was joined by a second very bright ‘yellow’ eastern version of Palm Warbler. Same location as seen 2 days earlier by Russ K at the very north end point of Dune. Striking feature of both birds was the immediate rapid tail wagging when perched on the fence. The eastern ssp. was noticeably yellow. The back and wings while brown had gold highlights and faint golden wingbars. The undersides started with bright yellow undertail coverts, continuing onto belly with a medium yellow hue and fading out towards whitish at the breast that was faintly streaked with brown. Crown was brown, fairly bright yellow supercilium, black eye line, brown cheek and light malar. Bill & legs dark. With multiple small alcids right offshore, it was quite the morning of birding. County Lifer.