[leasbirds] Re: Flycatcher?

From: Holly Bundock <holly.bundock@xxxxxxxxx>
To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 12:52:55 -0500

Thanks so much, everyone!

Merlin kept suggesting Pacific slope.
I do have other pics, but I didn’t get its back before it flew, and the light
was atrocious. I will attach the others here, and see if they help at all.
These are straight out of the camera, no editing, no cropping, nothing. I hope
they are helpful.
-Holly

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On Sep 9, 2021, at 12:32 PM, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Greetings All:

I would go so far as to go with Cordilleran/Pacific-slope Flycatcher -
there is a bit of a 'tip' to the posterior portion of the eyering, the
bill is 'relatively' long and 'relatively' narrow whereas
Yellow-bellied trends towards 'relatively' short and 'relatively'
wide, there is a fair amount of paling to the center of the yellow in
the belly - Yellow-bellied tends to be pretty solid yellow.

As regards Cordilleran vs. Pacific-slope, this early in the season I
would go with the default migrant ... which is Cordilleran.
Pacific-slope Flycatchers are being documented in Texas but they seem
to be found during passage later in the fall.

Regards to all; Anthony Hewetson

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:18 PM Holly Bundock <holly.bundock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Not sure which kind of flycatcher this little bird was. It was in my tree
around 11:30 this morning. Anybody know what it is? Thank you. -Holly

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