Flycatchers: Part VII

Now we come to flycatchers (that like some of the sparrows) are difficult to accurately identify -- especially if you don't get great looks. Even with photos it can be challenging. There is slight color variation even among the same species, older birds can look drab or worn.

Certainly birdsong helps if you have the ear for it. 

Cordilleran

Dusky

Gray

Hammond's

Pacific Slope

Willow

Catching Up: Hammond's Flycather

Patagonia Lake is an excellent year round birding site. And while I missed the Green Kingfisher I went to find, I didn't leave without some nice photos. Here a Hammond's Flycatcher:

Hammond's Flycatcher

Florida Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

On the way back from Pena Blanca Lake a quick stop at Florida Canyon to look for the Black Capped Gnatcatcher. Yes:

black capped gnatcatcher

verdin

hammond's flycatcher

white crowned sparrow

sonoran coachwhip

Mount Lemmon: Hammond's Flycatcher

Now a Hammond's Flycatcher:

Hammond's Flycatcher

Another Birding Trip Up Mount Lemmon - Part X

And, finally:

Bell's Vireo

Blue Gray Gnatcatcher

Downy Woodpecker

Painted Redstart

Hammond's Flycatcher

More from Huachuca Canyon. Here are some decent photos I did get:

Bewicks Wren

Dusky Flycatcher

Broad Billed Hummingbird

House Finch

Bridled Titmouse

White Breasted Nuthatch

Vermillion Flycatcher - Female

Black Phoebe

Hammond's Flycatcher

Chipping Sparrow

Dark Eyed Junco

American Robin

Lesser Goldfinch

All in all, 39 species seen or photographed. It was a Good Day Birding.

Molino Basin, Catalina Mountains

Finally, a quick trip up Catalina Highway to Molino Basin Campground to look for the Hooded and Scott's Orioles. No luck there, but lots of birds including these two:

Black Throated Gray Warbler

Hammond's Flycatcher