Went to Ketring Park this afternoon. Noteworthy species included a male Ring-necked Duck, Swainson's Hawk, possible Broad-winged Hawk (only seen briefly from a distance), likely nesting pair of House Wrens, and two Myrtle's Yellow-rumped Warblers, and two empidonax flycatchers. I would greatly appreciate help on the ID soon, thanks to all commentors in advance.
One (pictured below) individual I think I have identified as a Hammond's Flycatcher. The grayish-green tinge on the back, squarish head shape, long primary projection, almost all dark bill. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-coe8fA5a3gI/WQZzoXJfP6I/AAAAAAAAF3Q/0Y-V1KJtltM2kYD1WsgSsGVazPlqJvFNQCLcB/s1600/DSCF5476.JPG> The other individual (pictured below) I am leaning towards Gray Flycatcher. I say this because of the gray back with only a slight brownish tinge, definite rounded head, not especially long primary projection, obvious round light eye ring, and relativly long bill with almost the bottom half orange and top blackish. I did NOT see it do the commonly cited phoebe-like tail wagging, but I didn't observe it for too long. Thoughts? <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iQY6VDSFRjs/WQZ0tPEWKaI/AAAAAAAAF3c/1yg_qljryxIArBkNnxyz84gRS9Eltt01QCLcB/s1600/DSCF5497.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eqj2f0WJIOs/WQZ03gj1qII/AAAAAAAAF3g/gx4KtLPmPwUMKDww_MsYaZRKVgulpeiswCLcB/s1600/DSCF5495.JPG> Ben Sampson Centennial, Co -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e55a5fec-f27f-4be4-aa28-c0174d7b79c0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
