Least Flycatcher
At one point, wandering through the woods on Fish Point, I thought of finding my own perch and then waiting for the wave of migrating birds to flow through where I was. The first to arrive was this bird: one of the tricky Empidonax group. I am pretty confident that it is a Least: the small bill, wingbars, smallish compact size; they all seem indicative. One of the challenges of identification when the weather gets cold and wet in migration is that behaviours adapt to the weather, and the Empidonax birds were very quiet. If I have it wrong I welcome corrective suggestions!
Least Flycatcher
At one point, wandering through the woods on Fish Point, I thought of finding my own perch and then waiting for the wave of migrating birds to flow through where I was. The first to arrive was this bird: one of the tricky Empidonax group. I am pretty confident that it is a Least: the small bill, wingbars, smallish compact size; they all seem indicative. One of the challenges of identification when the weather gets cold and wet in migration is that behaviours adapt to the weather, and the Empidonax birds were very quiet. If I have it wrong I welcome corrective suggestions!