This evening, walking our puppy at about 7:30 in hazy dusk, I saw a bird that I believe was an Olive-sided Flycatcher. Dark, not small, short-necked, medium unmoving tail, large white wing-patch the only distinguishing mark, sitting very still (100 feet away? with binocs) on a roadside snag for a minute until it sallied a few feet, a few times, then went away. I came in and looked in the old Peterson where I write such things, and saw that my first and only yard sighting of this (but not my only sighting ever) was on 8/27/97. So I'm thinking it might not be too early, considering how this year has been? I am pretty sure. Sure it was cool.
So many interesting things coming around. Keep your eyes and ears open! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
