ML612894973
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Observation details
Tentative ID. This bird was first found on 27 December by Nancy Bruce. I refound it today in the same location where she saw it along the trail to the viewing platform in the first group of willows on the left after the first interpretive sign. This is where a dike crosses over Deer Creek. I was able to watch the bird for about two minutes but never had any great views. It was very actively foraging and flicking it wings and tail. After it caught a bug it settled into the vegetation making it very difficult to get photos. It was a fairly bright small Empidonax with a short bill. In brighter light the back seemed bright olive-green that contrasted nicely with a gray head suffused with olive on the back of the crown and nape. It had a distinct white eyering. The underparts where washed with yellow on the belly and got duller on the breast. One of the more distinctive features were the dark wings with two bold whitish wingbars and white edges to the tertials. This can be seen in the poor photos, especially in the well camouflaged third photo of the back. In the video it is eating a bug. It mostly kept low to the ground and hunted inside of the bushes and lower branches of the trees. The only time it perched in the open was for a very brief moment when it first appeared at mid-height in a small tree. As I was photographing it I suddenly realized that it wasn't there anymore and I didn't see it again. As I was leaving Dane Fagundes arrived, we looked for a short while then I left. He later then refound the bird.
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