Thanks for the reply Stefan. The bird was silent, as all empids seem to be when
I'm lucky enough to find one. Graham Gerdeman also suggested Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher. This is a new bird for the county on Ebird, Wilson's 228th reported
species. This is also only the 3rd Empidonax species for Wilson co on Ebird,
Acadian Flycatcher (local breeder) and Least Flycatcher (1 record from Fall
migration of 2017) are the others. Thanks Graham and Stefan for helping confirm
the ID. I have one other ID request. I walked around the homestead this
afternoon and found another silent empid. This one was flycatching from a brush
pile in a small field. Here's the checklist with
photos.https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59592545It seems Yellow-bellied and ;
Acadian can be ruled out based on color. Least can be ruled out based on
primary projection? Would that make this a Trail's? Thanks againJustin Nation
-------- Original message --------From: Stefan Woltmann
<stefan.woltmann@xxxxxxxxx> Date: 9/7/19 2:26 PM (GMT-06:00) To:
fndrbndr59@xxxxxxxxx Cc: "tn-bird@freelists org" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] ID help/ Wilson co report Hi Justin,The yellow eye ring,
yellow on the throat, small narrow bill, and contrastingly black wings all add
up to Yellow-bellied Flycatcher for me. Any vocalizations?StefanStefan
WoltmannDept. Biology, andCenter of Excellence for Field Biology Austin Peay
State University Clarksville TN 37040On Sep 7, 2019, at 13:21, fndrbndr59
<fndrbndr59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:9-7-19I had a solid morning of solo birding at
Cedars of Lebanon SP this morning with almost 10 species of warbler and several
other migrants including a FOS Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The most interesting
bird was a silent empid that I'm hoping someone can help with. Here's the
checklist with photos.https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576832Least was my ;
impression in the field, but after reviewing photos the bill seems too large
and the throat seems too yellow. I think Yellow-bellied is more likely... if
it's even identifiable at all. Thanks,Justin Nation
