Kevin S. Lucas
Least Flycatcher 2017-05-23 ©Kevin S Lucas
Least Flycatcher (LEFL) -- Empidonax minimus perched in Ponderosa, found earlier in afternoon by Jeff Kozma. His checklist is at:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37098828
He uploaded my recording to eBird. eBird converted it, automagically, to a sonogram with frequency scale & timeline that plays. (They adjusted the volume as I should have before I sent it to Jeff.) It's pretty amazing. Check it out.
This movie, the still photos, and audio recordings help document Jeff's find. Neither he nor I used playback. As I approached the area I could hear it singing at .17 miles distance. Even in the wind it's voice carries quite well in the Ponderosa woodland. It foraged and sang the whole time I was there. Almost every time just after it landed it called its trill. As I left it was still singing and foraging and calling. Both male and female Least Flycatchers sing.
I didn't hear another LEFL there today. I heard a single one at another location about a week ago. [It's back in on private property. The landowners there have been harassed about how they manage their land by a local agribusiness owner (read: destroy shrub steppe, apply biocides, irrigate desert), bird book author, and long-time Yakima Valley Audubon Society official, so they're not keen on Yakima Audubon Society members. That's a massive understatement. They've kindly allowed me to bird watch on their property.]
Please always consider the sensitivity of birds, nearby humans, and the environment.
Don't lie & Den'y to try to cover up your bird listing misdeeds & mistakes. Locals who do are a continuing disgrace -- like the occupiers of Malheur and the White House. Don't trespass on Yakama land while chasing owls around in a field; don't trespass on Yakama Nation closed lands; don't take credit for others' finds; don't trespass on Priest Rapids Dam or on Simon Martinez private property or closed areas in the Yakima Training Center military area; don't claim a Red-necked Phalarope is a Red Phalarope; don't illegally harass Spotted Owls or quiz bird watchers about a rare bird sighting on your (invalid) Big Day; don't change your eBird locations to try to cover up your trespassing; don't try to get others to adopt or to excuse your illegal and unethical bird listing practices, or to believe your lies.
Please read, PRACTICE, and promote the ABA Code of Birding Ethics.
Least Flycatcher 2017-05-23 ©Kevin S Lucas
Least Flycatcher (LEFL) -- Empidonax minimus perched in Ponderosa, found earlier in afternoon by Jeff Kozma. His checklist is at:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37098828
He uploaded my recording to eBird. eBird converted it, automagically, to a sonogram with frequency scale & timeline that plays. (They adjusted the volume as I should have before I sent it to Jeff.) It's pretty amazing. Check it out.
This movie, the still photos, and audio recordings help document Jeff's find. Neither he nor I used playback. As I approached the area I could hear it singing at .17 miles distance. Even in the wind it's voice carries quite well in the Ponderosa woodland. It foraged and sang the whole time I was there. Almost every time just after it landed it called its trill. As I left it was still singing and foraging and calling. Both male and female Least Flycatchers sing.
I didn't hear another LEFL there today. I heard a single one at another location about a week ago. [It's back in on private property. The landowners there have been harassed about how they manage their land by a local agribusiness owner (read: destroy shrub steppe, apply biocides, irrigate desert), bird book author, and long-time Yakima Valley Audubon Society official, so they're not keen on Yakima Audubon Society members. That's a massive understatement. They've kindly allowed me to bird watch on their property.]
Please always consider the sensitivity of birds, nearby humans, and the environment.
Don't lie & Den'y to try to cover up your bird listing misdeeds & mistakes. Locals who do are a continuing disgrace -- like the occupiers of Malheur and the White House. Don't trespass on Yakama land while chasing owls around in a field; don't trespass on Yakama Nation closed lands; don't take credit for others' finds; don't trespass on Priest Rapids Dam or on Simon Martinez private property or closed areas in the Yakima Training Center military area; don't claim a Red-necked Phalarope is a Red Phalarope; don't illegally harass Spotted Owls or quiz bird watchers about a rare bird sighting on your (invalid) Big Day; don't change your eBird locations to try to cover up your trespassing; don't try to get others to adopt or to excuse your illegal and unethical bird listing practices, or to believe your lies.
Please read, PRACTICE, and promote the ABA Code of Birding Ethics.