new world flycatcher sp. - Troy Hibbitts

ML522395761

new world flycatcher sp. Tyrannidae sp.

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Location

Upper Trails At Fort, Scales Road, Brackettville, Texas, US (29.294, -100.419)
Kinney, Texas, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 29.2937698, -100.4185288
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

small, faint but discernible eye-ring, short primary projection, weak wing bars - not a an EAPH (although one was present - it was one of the contrasty ones typical of mid-winter). Bird was not much larger than YRWA, of which there was one perched in the tree above it just before I took this picture . . . *note: although I'm convinced that it is an Empidonax sp, and likely a WIFL, several respected and experienced observers have suggested strong "EAPH vibes". I don't think its a Phoebe for the following reasons: (1) size - as noted, not much larger than a YRWA from direct comparison; (2) there was an EAPH present, and it was a typical high contrast winter bird with dark cap . . . but I'll bump it back to "flycatcher sp" - not much different than "Empidonax sp" in terms of output

Technical information

Model
NIKON D750
ISO
800
Focal length
600 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/8.0
Shutter speed
1/1000 sec
Dimensions
1500 pixels x 1000 pixels
Original file size
124.18 KB