[SBB] Flycatchers at Stevens Creek Park

[Barry Langdon-Lassagne <[[email protected]]>]

Yesterday I took a bit of time at lunch to photograph birds at the  
Baytree picnic area of Stevens Creek County Park. The flycatchers  
were out in reasonably large numbers. My ability to identify  
flycatchers, especially empids, is not particularly skilled, so I was  
wondering if anyone wanted to take a crack at confirming my tentative  
identifications. Any tips would be welcome, including "there's not  
enough information in these photographs to make a positive  
identification." I have additional photographs of each of these  
birds, if any are of interest.

I'm pretty well certain that this is a Pacific-slope Flycatcher:
    http://www.pbase.com/wilmot/image/43537604
    http://www.pbase.com/wilmot/image/43537779

I believe that these are of a Western Wood-Pewee:
    http://www.pbase.com/wilmot/image/43537918
    http://www.pbase.com/wilmot/image/43538518

I think these two are of the same individual, and it looks somewhat  
like a Willow Flycatcher to me, although I'm hesitant to make such an  
identification:
    http://www.pbase.com/wilmot/image/43539329
    http://www.pbase.com/wilmot/image/43539341

Also this one. Any ideas? Another one of Willow? A young Pewee?  
Clearly watching the bird in the wild and listening to the song would  
be helpful.
http://www.pbase.com/wilmot/image/43540421

And here's a Black Phoebe. I only put it here because they're my  
favorite. And to note that in the less-than-an-hour that I was by the  
creekside I saw a lot of flycatchers!
    http://www.pbase.com/wilmot/image/43539598


Barry
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