ML619663702
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) Empidonax alnorum/traillii
Contributor
Jim Varner Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Ensley Bottoms--Maxson Wastewater Lagoons/Earth Complex (The Pits)
Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Photos. If we correctly deduced what happened, we think the first Traill's Flycatcher we saw -- with a distinct, thin eyering (which we suspected was perhaps most likely an Alder Flycatcher) -- never vocalized. While try to get this bird to talk, with both Willow and Alder Flycatcher playback (both songs and calls), as well as two songbird mobtapes, we eventually succeeded in getting a Willow Flycatcher to sing. At this time, however, we noticed that there was a second Traill's-type present, which we suspected was most likely the Willow. Thus, we're not convinced that we ever heard the first bird vocalizing and, despite seeing and photographing it well, we have to leave that one as a spuh.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P1000
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 539 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/80 sec
- Dimensions
- 3667 pixels x 3297 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.42 MB