[SBB] Re: Flycatchers at Stevens Creek Park

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

Consensus is that my 'mystery' flycatchers are Western Wood-Pewee,  
not Willow Flycatcher. Here're Mike Roger's observations:

"Note that the primary extension (the amount of wing tip that extends  
past the folded tertials) is quite long - like a pewee, rather than  
short - like a WIFL - and that the underside of the bill shows  
extensive dusky at the tip. Most spring Willows should have all  
orange lower mandibles. Williow Flycatchers are quite rare in spring,  
so you should start off with "Why isn't this a pewee?" and work from  
there...

Vocalizations are very helpful - the WIFL has an empid "whit" that is  
very different from pewee vocalizations."

Barry
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On May 18, 2005, at 10:34 AM, Barry Langdon-Lassagne wrote:

> 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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