[obol] Re: Yesterday's Contopus
- From: Owen Schmidt <oschmidt@xxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:09:13 -0700
...... is more likely an Olive-sided Flycatcher than a Western Wood-Pewee.
In favor of the ID as an Olive-sided are the heavy steaks on the sides, the
white throat, and the bird did appear fairly large when first seen. It has a
pretty big bill and the head isn't particularly peaked. In favor of the
mix-up is the fact that we were looking for the season's first Western
Wood-Pewee, the bird didn't show the white flank tufts of an Olive-sided (they
often do not), the bird showed a lot of yellow on the belly (which at least
some of the field guides do not show for Olive-sided), and Olive-sided
Flycatchers, on their undertail coverts, can show a dusky vee or u-shaped mark
..... absent here. The bird was silent. Olive-sided Flycatchers are supposed
to perch at the tip of these branches, but this bird was a few inches down from
the tip.
Lars Norgren reported hearing a possible Western Wood-Pewee at Mt. Tabor
yesterday
I've re-posted the photos under the name Olive-sided Pewee-Flycatcher in honor
of the mixup:
http://oschmidt.net/OwenLSchmidtLLC/CONTOPUS.html
oschmidt@xxxxxxx
Sunday, April 27, 2014
On Apr 27, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Wink Gross <winkg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Owen,
>
> Bottom photo looks a lot more like a OSFL, IMHO. (White throat)
>
> wag
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 27, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Owen~
>
> Did your pewee on Mt Tabor call? It looks like an Olive-sided Flycatcher to
> me. The bill is bigger, the crown is rounder, the vest has larger "blobby"
> streaking and the white in the chest extends up rather high, almost to the
> throat.
>
> Russ
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