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Northern Sierra CA vireo ID (1 Viewer)

Philter4

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I was up in the Mountains, about 7500 ft on the CA side between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe when I heard what sounded like bushtits speaking in morse code! After locating the sound there were a dozen or so of what I think are juvenile red eye vireos! I know they are not normally here, but that is the closest bird I can find that matches them. If not red eye, maybe really colorful warbling? Peterson's Field guide lists the range as rare visitors to CA in the fall, and we are getting an early migration because of the drought so maybe, if not I would love opinions or proper ID. I'm including as many photos as I took that came out but the birds never sat still so none are great but most are good.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/philter4/ec83c9c0ad2fea9128a9e88dcaa59ac3.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/philter4/c58df482964893e59bca8c52bbdc6f88.jpg

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http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/philter4/8321288c86fa71b028f1f8eddc164a27.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/philter4/e88105ed48aa4317e98df5a153a9ea83.jpg

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http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/philter4/694381e30b005d0b95f6397651342bec.jpg

Also there was another vireo mixed in, it was a single bird I randomly got a picture of but I heard it because it's call was so different, a very long trill almost waxwing like.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/philter4/1d097f18b1950066c6a9e74357dff7e9.jpg
 
They are both golden-crowned kinglets. In the second bird you can tell by the proportions, the dark line through the eye, and the wing markings. It seems to be in a bit of a moult though.

All your images show juveniles it seems.
 
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