[Birdnet] Possible BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER at the IC

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So I am sending this hesitantly because I made a big oops on this one.  This morning Colby Neuman, Jeff Bilsky and I were birding the Salt Lake International Center when I spotted what looked like a very pale Townsend's Warbler near the Fox 13 building.  I started calling Colby. Over because superficially the bird resembled a Blackburnian Warbler, with an almost orangel-yellow wash on the head.  But I decided it was just a Townsend's and told him nevermind. 

I looked at the few pictures I snapped a little later while we were birding and thought something didn't look quite right, so I went to the car to look at the field guide.  

I was immediately concerned that the bird I saw didn't have any yellow on its flanks, the wash of color on the head faded into the light chest.  There we're very fant gray streaks down the sides and what looked like a darker top edge to the auricular patch, giving the bird a darkish eyeline.

We returned and spent about 30 minutes looking for the bird without luck. 

The area was just north of the T intersection of earhart and lindbergh on the west side of the Fox 13 Building. 

So if you are interested in looking around go for it.  I am not convinced either way of the I'd at this point. 

Good Birding 

Tim 

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