[birding] Re: [OBOL] Dusky Flycatcher? Silverton Marion County

[Matthew]

Hi,

I heard the bird call about twenty times and the whit call was a soft call 
almost sounding like the wind (bird calls are so hard to describe with 
words).  I listened to various recording of Empids and Dusky was the closest 
but since this would be a rather unusual sighting for the area, I didn't get 
a visual, and Empids are notoriously hard to identify I will just call it an 
Empid Sp.

Thanks for the help.

Matthew Schneider


From: David Irons
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:56 AM
To: Jeff Gilligan ; gaviaimmer at live.com ; OBOL obol ; Mid-Valley Birders
Subject: RE: [OBOL] Dusky Flycatcher? Silverton Marion County


Matthew,

When I read your post just now, I had similar thoughts to those shared by 
Jeff Gilligan. A Dusky Flycatcher on the Willamette Valley floor at this 
date would be about a month behind schedule. Conversely, Willow Flycatchers 
are the latest northbound migrant among Oregon's Empids. I've had migrant 
Willows on Eugene's Skinner Butte (where they don't breed) as late as 10 
June.

As Jeff points out, both species utter a "whit" call note. To my ear, the 
whit of a Dusky is a bit more muted and "airy" compared to the slightly 
louder, sharper "whit" of a Willow, but the difference is subtle.

Dave Irons
Eugene, OR



> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 20:44:43 -0700
> From: jeffgill at teleport.com
> To: gaviaimmer at live.com; obol at oregonbirds.org; 
> birding at midvalleybirding.org
> Subject: Re: [OBOL] Dusky Flycatcher? Silverton Marion County
>
> Willow Flycathers also make a whit call, and are a later migrants 
> generally
> than are Dusky Flycathcers. Willow is more likely at your location at this
> date.
>
>
> On 6/9/10 8:33 PM, "Matthew" <gaviaimmer at live.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Birders,
> >
> > I believe I saw and heard a DUSKY FLYCATCHER in my yard this evening at
> > 8:30. I heard a "whit" call coming from a tree outside my bedroom 
> > window.
> > I went outside and briefly saw bird but it was just a backlit silhouette 
> > of
> > a small bird (song sparrow size) that was flycatching. Before I could 
> > get a
> > good look at it the bird flew away. The behavior instantly made me think 
> > of
> > flycatchers and the whit call was very distinctive (Dusky Flycatcher is
> > almost perfect match for what I heard). Any ideas?
> >
> > Matthew Schneider
> > Silverton, Oregon
> > gaviaimmer at live.com
> >
> >
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