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

New Photos: Willow Flycatcher

Here is a Willow Flycatcher -- with fly -- also taken at the Flagstaff Arboretum:

Willow Flycatcher

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area - Part VI

The "visitor's center" where the old ranch house was is also located along Empire Gulch, but a quarter mile up from the spring. Lots of very old, very big cottonwood trees as well as mesquites create a haven for song birds. Here are a few photos from last week:

Willow Flycatcher

Black Throated Sparrow

Hutton's Vireo

White Crowned Sparrow

Common Yellowthroat

Pacific Slope Flycatcher