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'Empidonax minimus' Port Clinton, Ohio, USA
This guy woke us up one morning, so I went out on the deck to get some shots. My Empid ID skills are very limited, so it was nice to have the song to be sure it was the Least.
Thanks to Barb and Allen for the great food and hospitality. We highly recommend this place while visiting Magee Marsh and surrounding area during migration:
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Empidonax minimus - Least Flycatcher
Parc Bernard Landry, Laval, Qc
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Have seen no less than three different Flycatchers at Montrose this week. Still trying to ID two of them. The bold eye ring is a good clue as to this ones identity. An inventive little bird. Least nests have been found with Dragonfly wings as linings. Montrose - 08/27/13
One of my favorite things about birding is that you never know what might happen. This was a pretty wooded area, and it wasn't always easy to get unobstructed views of birds. You mostly see movement and try to maneuver to get a shot. So when this Least Flycatcher landed front and center, it was a surprise opportunity.
Still hanging around, since last weekend. The wind switched around to the north today, so I’ll be surprised if it’s here tomorrow. This was taken through the scope at about 40 feet.
I've posted photos of 2 similar flycatchers today (2 of the Alder, and this one of the Least). The difference is that the Alder doesn't have the distinct eye ring of the Least Flycatcher, and is slightly larger, as well.
Alert and ready, this Least Flycatcher, (Empidonax minimus) strains for a better view of a potential meal on the fly, as well as the activity of other flycatchers nearby. I loved the soft hues of the emerging spring greens as a setting for this unassuming little songbird. Taken along the Ice Age Trail in near Irma, Wisconsin. (Best viewed large.)
Caught this little Flycatcher in the same area as the Great Horned Owls recently, at Burnsmead, Fish Creek Park. I think it's a Least Flycatcher - perhaps someone could put me right if I'm wrong - thanks. Birder friend, Tony, confirmed this ID for me - thanks, Tony!
Thanks Evan Lipton for the help. I posted another picture of the back side of it and it shows the eye ring better. It does look like a Least Flycatcher, but could it be a Alder Flycatcher?. Thanks again! Taken in Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States on July 25, 2014. It was in area with thick Alder trees and willows.
Ken Hansen (sirkillex) and I went out today to shoot on a property owned by a family friend of his. It was a great shady spot to avoid the heat. We saw a lot of birds.
This Least Flycatcher was chowing down on a Boxelder Leafroller. The city of Edmonton and surrounding area has been invaded by these small green caterpillars which hang from trees by a silky thread. In Edmonton, Box Elder is the same tree as Manitoba Maple.
I cropped this one as such because the bottom portion was obscured by the perch, and I got really close.
Also included in this set is a shot of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and a portrait of a Sora Rail.
Leduc County, Alberta. July 01, 2013.
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Cleaning up some photographic files from early fall 2024 at Greenwood Cemetery since we're having another nice winter day here in northern Illinois.
A Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) was observed hawking insects around a group of bushes containing various types of berries at Greenwood Cemetery during fall migration 2024.
This small one showed up looking for insects to eat.
Este papamoscas chico apareció en busca de insectos para comer.
Warblers were not the only highlights on the migrant day on 28 August 2016 at Elk Slough, Yolo County, California. This vagrant Least Flycatcher popped up for a couple quick photos. This is only the fourth Least Flycatcher I have seen in California. It was also one of four Empid species encountered on the 28th.
This Flycatcher has been flitting about my backyard this summer. Sitting on my deck all day with my camera on standby, this was the best of the shots taken. Love the over the shoulder pose.
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.
Thought it was an Eastern Phoebe but it's not. Least Flycatcher maybe - it wasn't vocalizing at all. Colebrook, Connecticut, USA
"Unlike most species of songbird, adult Least Flycatchers migrate to their wintering grounds before molting, while young birds molt before and during autumn migration. Why such a pattern has developed remains unclear, but it may result from strong selection on adults for early arrival and establishment of territories on the wintering grounds." Cornell