Some Answers

From the folks on the Bloomington Birds Listserve:
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I'll try -
1. Don't know video games, but maybe Black-throated Green Warbler,
possibly Yellow-throated Warbler.
2. Ovenbird, classic description of the song.
3. Red-eyed Vireo
4. LouisianaWater thrush
5. Yellow-billed Cuckoo

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First one sounds like a prairie warbler. Check this [photo].



The mystery singing bird could be a red-eyed vireo. Sounds like you got
the rest of them right according to your descriptions of habitat and size,
etc.


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The prairie warbler is dead on! That's exactly what I saw. Here's a link to the rising trill. Someday technology will allow us to record songs and search for them that way, but until then... thanks for your help!

I'm glad to hear the cuckoo, waterthrush, and ovenbird sound right. As for the vireo... the song of the vireo on Cornell's All About Bird's site is not the one I heard. Any other ideas? I'll keep looking.