Darrel,
I have no idea what post (from when) you are referring to, or if it is me you
are referencing. If it's something that you think I wrote then I would at least
appreciate the courtesy of a correctly placed apostrophe. Sorry, but seeing
"Iron's" is a major pet peeve. Given that I've seen Gray Flycatchers with green
backs, I doubt that I would have written that they don't have green backs.
Dave Irons
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On Aug 8, 2017, at 12:04 PM, "5hats@xxxxxxxx<mailto:5hats@xxxxxxxx>"
<5hats@xxxxxxxx<mailto:5hats@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
It interested me to see Iron's post that Gray Flycather would not show a
greenish back. How about plain gray? Years ago on October 10 at Thornton
Creek, long before there was good info regarding empids, and long before I
developed such minimal expertise as I now have in identifying them, I saw one
which was plain mouse gray above and white with no hint of yellow below, only a
bit of a gray vest broken in the center by white. It had a pretty obvious
eye-ring. Otherwise I saw no other significant field marks, and I never saw
the bird move its tail. I wrote it off at the time as empid sp., but I'm
wondering these many years later what comments might be forthcoming from others
concerning an empid in such plumage.
Darrel
