Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata).

A monochrome warbler with a high-pitched “tick-tick-tick” song.

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:

• Blackpoll warbler call by William W. H. Gunn (ML509250)
• Blackpoll warbler song by William W. H. Gunn (ML509246)

Sources and more:

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blackpoll_Warbler
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/blackpoll-warbler
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