This one is a Pewee. Notice the long primaries, short legs and the spots
on the undertail coverts.
Ruben Stoll
On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 8:47 PM fndrbndr59 <fndrbndr59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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/S59592545
It 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 again
Justin 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?
Stefan
Stefan Woltmann
Dept. Biology, and
Center of Excellence for Field Biology
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville TN 37040
On Sep 7, 2019, at 13:21, fndrbndr59 <fndrbndr59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
9-7-19
I 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/S59576832
Least 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
