[cayugabirds-l] Willow Flycatcher
For the second day in a row, I’ve found a Willow Flycatcher on my walks around our property. Fortunately is was giving the “wit” call frequently, which helped me to pin the ID. Got a good look at it, too but the call is what confirmed it. Today I tried to use my iPhone to record it, but I was too slow and it don’t stay in one place long enough. It must be slim pickings for a flycatcher to get a meal these days. Ken Haas Mecklenberg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Willow Flycatcher and other migrants in Mundy
Hi Meena and All, Since Empidonax flycatchers can be notoriously difficult to identify visually, I thought I would mention the possibility that the flycatcher at Mundy might have been a Least Flycatcher. Least also gives a whit call, and there have been multiple reports of Least in our area in the past few days. Willow and Alder Flycatcher are two of our latest arrivals in the area--when I tracked spring arrival dates from 2000 to 2009, I calculated the average Basin arrival dates for these two species as May 17 and May 16, respectively. (Least Flycatcher's average arrival date for 2000-2009 was April 29.) Here are the latest eBird maps for Least and Willow for May 2014: Least: http://ebird.org/ebird/map/leafly?neg=trueenv.minX=-115.45075808685442env.minY=25.872982715847318env.maxX=-59.20075808685442env.maxY=44.80438120556643zh=truegp=falseev=Zmr=onbmo=5emo=5yr=curbyr=2014eyr=2014 Willow: http://ebird.org/ebird/map/wilfly?neg=trueenv.minX=-115.45075808685442env.minY=25.872982715847318env.maxX=-59.20075808685442env.maxY=44.80438120556646zh=truegp=trueev=Zmr=onbmo=5emo=5yr=curbyr=2014eyr=2014 And here is a table of the average arrival dates that I calculated for 2000 to 2009: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_UShl=en_USkey=0AlopXQo1irTWdDQ4XzcyeVR6LV9sX3ZKMjVJMzdzSEEoutput=html Best, Matt Medler Ithaca From: Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 1:51 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Willow Flycatcher and other migrants in Mundy Hi all, I took a late lunch walk today. There were a few migrants. First I saw and heard the House Wren, his bubbling song was exhilarating. Then I saw this flycatcher with olive green back and wing bars and clear eye-ring, I called it a Trail’s Flycatcher. But later on the way back it was giving continuous ‘whit’ calls and confirmed that it was a Willow Flycatcher. I also watched it chase a moth for some time. The third migrant was also first heard and then I knew where exactly to look for it among the newly emerging buds. It was a beautiful Yellow Warbler. Lastly, I heard a Gray Catbird call, but did not get visuals on it. So that was exciting! Dr. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Ph: 607-3011167 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Willow Flycatcher and other migrants in Mundy
Hi all, I took a late lunch walk today. There were a few migrants. First I saw and heard the House Wren, his bubbling song was exhilarating. Then I saw this flycatcher with olive green back and wing bars and clear eye-ring, I called it a Trail's Flycatcher. But later on the way back it was giving continuous 'whit' calls and confirmed that it was a Willow Flycatcher. I also watched it chase a moth for some time. The third migrant was also first heard and then I knew where exactly to look for it among the newly emerging buds. It was a beautiful Yellow Warbler. Lastly, I heard a Gray Catbird call, but did not get visuals on it. So that was exciting! Dr. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Ph: 607-3011167 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Willow Flycatcher
I am hearing my first Willow Flycatcher in the back yard today. We have also had some consistent RB Grosbeaks and Purple Finches at our feeders this week. Tom Brooktondale Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. Warren Buffett Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video www.TH-Photo.com 607-539-6121 -- 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/ --
