Tsalapeteinos
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While birding out yesterday, at the Hymmetus mountainin Attiki I saw a warbler that had me wondering. I initially saw this bird as it flew above me and looking at it through my binoculars while in flight it had a very bright yellow green rump. I was very enthusiastic as I thought of a possible Eastern Bonelli's. It landed in a eucalyptus tree where I continued to watch it eating insects. One behaviour I noticed was that it often took to chasing insects in flight and would sometimes hover. The bird was of a greyish brown colour with a wide supercilium extending beyond the eye, had a yellow green alula and its under tail coverts were also tinged yellow.Those were the most prominent features of its plumage. Its legs were dark coloured though not completely black. I was wondering if perhaps it could be a drab Wood warbler, a more common bird in greece, due to the supercilium which is not something I can see as a prominent feature of E.B in my guide. But can a Wood warbler have such a bright rump? It was the one feature I noted because it was very prominent, but perhaps the worn out plumage of a Wood Warbler might make the rump stand out? Then again wouldn't the rump also be slightly worn ? Thanks for taking the time to read my amateur questions and if someone can make something of this bad description I would be very grateful .
