Jack, your empire has a much longer primary extension (the distance that
the primaries extend past the secondaries in the perched bird. That is a
trait of Hammond's Flycatcher that contributes to their short-tailex look.
Least has s meadium-short primary extension as in Tom's empid photos. The
bill on your empid looks more straight-sided and narrower than Tom's Least
Flycatcher photos. Hammond's has the smallest bill of North America empids
north of Mexico.
David
On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 07:23 Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
After being questioned about my id of the LEFL, I went back and studied
pictures Tom Crabtree submitted with his observation to mine, and I have
concluded they are not the same bird and worse that my images are of a
HAFL.
On my approach to the area, I heard what I feel is the unmistakable call
of a LEFL, so when the subject few into few, I thought I had my life bird.
But while it was in view, it never sang.
Please let me know what you think.
My submission https://ebird.org/checklist/S70050642
Tom's submission https://ebird.org/checklist/S69958684
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts,
Jack Williamson
West Linn, Oregon
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:40 PM larspernorgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
What if this bird detected at 11am is an additional male to the one
reported by Jack 2 1/2 hours earlier half mile downstream? I recall
breeding season reports on the Cascade east flank from Klamath/Deschutes
co.s before. The species is back at Holliday SP in Grant County after a
lengthy hiatus.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Tom Crabtree <tc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 6/4/20 2:54 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: 'OBOL Oregon Birders Online' <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: COBOL@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [obol] Least Flycatcher, Deschutes County; No Magnolia Warbler
The Indian Ford Creek Least Flycatcher has moved about half a mile
upstream from its previous location. The new directions are
Across Hwy 20 from Indian Ford Road is a dirt road which goes to Glaze
Meadows. Look for F.S. Rd. 305 on the left. This road forks, with F.S. Road
306 – take the right. This road ends at a campsite along the creek. Take a
right, upstream for about ¼ mile. I’ve marked the area with a couple of
burned logs 3’ to 4’ in length on the right side of a large stump with
branches and a rock on it. The Least was singing actively over the stream
and in the pines. It was not as vocal as it was a couple of days ago, but
this was around 11 to 1:30.
Five of us searched for Howard Horvath’s Magnolia Warbler during that
period without success.
Tom Crabtree, Bend
