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Pacific-slope Flycatcher (juvenile)
Empidonax difficilis
37.5536, -122.091
Field Notes
Description:
Bill is dark on top and orange under. Backside is an olive green from head to tail. Underneath is a lighter color. Yellowish wingbar with dark bar above and below. Almond shaped eyering. High crest on head.
Habitat:
Spotted going back and forth between two oak trees.
Notes:
The usual behavior for a Flycatcher but maybe not for a juvenile. Besides constantly being chase off by a Black Phoebe and returning to the same tree, this bird was not that shy. Sat on a branch, not standing right above us. Very curious and did not fly away from us. It did a float and drift down to snatch bugs. But did this with in 2 feet from us. Size from where we stood looked smaller then the normal Westerns.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 19, 2013
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