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*Rare. I'm not at all sure Bicknell's can be separated from Gray-cheeked visually, but some people claim so. I'm reporting it as Bicknell's so you can see all the reports in one batch. The photos were taken between the Gill source and Evodia around 3:45 PM, and show the characteristics described in the other reports (yellow on the lower mandible, white crescent behind eye, slight wingbar, vaguely reddish on the wings and back), which were evident by eye. [more edits: I've taken out the three earlier photos. I ran into Gabriel Willow, who suggested that bird was not the same individual as the second, and was probably a Veery. I think he's right, so I moved the photos. I am still surprised by the Merlin suggestion on two of the remaining photos of Veery. It looks like the photos in the two Bicknell's reports from the same day, and I think it's the same individual. People can talk about sparrows and confusing fall warblers, but the Catharus thrushes are what really drive me crazy.]