Acadian Flycatcher
May 13th
This morning Mike and I scheduled a walk
at Secor Park with a mentor for the Volunteer Trail Patrol program. This was our final step to get qualified to
patrol the park. We were actually hoping
to hear an Alder Flycatcher on our walk because we know they are here every year.
An Acadian Flycatcher is an Empidonax
flycatcher. There are five Empids that
are found in eastern North America, the Least, Alder, Willow, Yellow-bellied
and Acadian. These birds are very similar
in size, shape, and field marks. They
are best identified by hearing them call.
(1 new species, total 255)
Acadian Flycatcher
I remember many, many years ago when Mike first told us that we had to learn some bird songs because we wouldn't be able these Empids by sight only. This was the first we had heard of identifying birds by song and we were very surprised. But we did as we were told, now we can have a long list without even seeing one bird, thanks to Mike.
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