[weather]

Let's try again...Same thing...A shot of JB for every right answer!

[gthang]

Eastern Wood-Pewee?

[Grousemore]

You're slipping, gthang,took you 3 mins that time!

[gthang]

No, I was preparing to burn a CD, which took three minutes, and after I started the burn process, I displayed the newest posts, and the rest is history!

[Grousemore]

Only trouble is,it isn't an E.W.Pewee...

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Willow Flycatcher.

[weather]

A few more posts and I'll let you know what it is...

Mike

[gthang]

Dusky Flycatcher??

[prairiemerlin]

Acaidian Flycatcher or Alder Flycatcher.

[weather]

You should never let others influence you gt....

Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens

Description 6 1/2" (17 cm). A sparrow-sized flycatcher, dull olive-gray above, slightly paler below, with 2 whitish wing bars. Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) of western United States extremely similar, but generally darker below; the two species are best distinguished by voice. Empidonax flycatchers are smaller and usually have noticeable eye ring.

Voice A plaintive pee-ah-weee or pee-weee, falling in pitch on last note.

Habitat Forests, open woodlands, orchards, and shade trees in parks and along roadsides.

Nesting 3 or 4 creamy-white, brown-dotted eggs in finely woven, cup-shaped nest made of vegetable fiber and covered with lichens, saddled to a horizontal limb and blending in with the branch.

Range Breeds from south-central and southeastern Canada to Gulf Coast and central Florida. Winters in tropics.

Discussion Eastern Wood-Pewees are more often heard than seen because of their dull coloration and because they frequent the dense upper canopy of the forest.

Only one shot! I'll never get a good buzz with you guys...

Mike

[gthang]

Well, when Grousemore posted saying that it wasn't what I thought it was, I believed him, since he's been birding way longer than I have; Therefore, he knows his stuff. So taking a hint from the next post, I had a very similar bird come to mind. The Dusky Flycatcher was my second guess.

[Michael Frankis]

Gotta avoid that shot of JB . . .

American White Pelican

Hey Gthang,
Why d'you want to set fire to a CD? Won't it make a horrible stink?

[gthang]

Umm, I know you're kidding! "Burning" is slang term (over here in the US as far as I know) for the process of creating a CD/writing to a CD.

[Michael Frankis]

Originally Posted by gthang

writing to a CD.

"Dear Mr CD,

I trust you will not mind my writing to you, and hope this letter finds you in good health .... "

[weather]

Just took my shot of JB....Someone else answer so I can have another please!

Mike

[gthang]

Jeez, Michael, you have a sense of humor today... I've never seen you like this

BTW, weather, the drink's are on me!

[Rasmus Boegh]

Just for the fun of it...

Some time in the future I may start a quiz on South American Elaenias... see if anyone dares to have a go at those

People are just too fast for the American Tyrant-flycatchers!

[Grousemore]

Originally Posted by gthang

Well, when Grousemore posted saying that it wasn't what I thought it was, I believed him, since he's been birding way longer than I have; Therefore, he knows his stuff. So taking a hint from the next post, I had a very similar bird come to mind. The Dusky Flycatcher was my second guess.

Apologies,gthang for wrong-footing you and well done!
I was convinced it was an Empidonax Flycatcher,hence my comment.(As were others by the later guesses).

[gthang]

Well that's two in a row for me, a first! No field guides were used either! Just goes to show how far I've come since I first joined!