Any ideas on this? New Bern, North Carolina. 10/4/2023.. (2 Viewers)

[fiveroll]

Merlin gives different results.

 

[lockbreeze926]

My immediate thought is Eastern Wood-Pewee - bicolored bill, modest conehead, mildly bulky structure, weak eye-ring, somewhat front-capped appearance.

 

[lockbreeze926]

Although, according to the thread title, this is not happening until next spring, so what does any of us know? (or next fall, if in the US).

 

[fiveroll]

2023.
😄

 

[Microtus]

Pretty good that you have tomorrow's birds today. (October 5, 10/5)
eta: Eastern Wood Pewee sounds good to me.

 

[fiveroll]

Although, according to the thread title, this is not happening until next spring, so what does any of us know? (or next fall, if in the US).

2023. 😁

Pretty good that you have tomorrow's birds today. (October 5, 10/5)
eta: Eastern Wood Pewee sounds good to me.

10/4/2023. What happens when you’re in a hurry.

 

[AveryBartels]

Eastern Wood-pewee. The long primary projection rules out any of the local Empidonax.

 

[Microtus]

10/4/2023. What happens when you’re in a hurry.

I've been there!
eta: and I see that the date now says 10/4.