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Empidonax hammondii

Photo by corvidophile.
Photo taken: Malibu Creek State Park, California.

[edit] Identification

5-5 1/2" (13-14 cm). Olive-grey above; light throat, grey breast, pale yellow belly. Conspicuous white eye ring and white wing bars. Song is seweep-tsurp-seep, the last part rising.

[edit] Distribution

Breeds from eastern Alaska south to northern California and northern New Mexico. Winters in tropics, rarely in Arizona. Accidental vagrant to northeast (New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island), midwest (Michigan) and the Gulf Coast (Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas).

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[edit] Habitat

Mature coniferous forests at high altitudes.

[edit] Behaviour

3 or 4 white eggs, occasionally spotted, in a well-built cup nest saddled on a branch 15-60' (4.5-18 m) high in a coniferous tree.

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