Haven't seen this posted here yet: Michael Gottleib photographed an apparent Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope/Cordilleran) yesterday at Kissena Park in Queens, NYC, precise location reported as 'the wooded area, off the bridle path that runs parallel to 164th St'.
The bird is an Empidonax flycatcher with a dingy yellowish coloration overall, low contrast between face and throat, bold eyering with distinct flare at the rear, distinct ragged-looking crest, very short primary projection, apparently relatively long tail (compared to Yellow-bellied), and pale fringes on the wing reaching awfully close to lower of two wing bars. Thanks to Joshua Malbin for the heads up via local alert group, where he reposted these photos by Michael G. (assuming they attach to this email properly). Certainly a bird worth keeping an eye out for in the coming days... Happy mega season, Adrian Burke NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
