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Please ID two birds Canada june 2017 (1 Viewer)
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Fiscalshrike
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For 1, could be either Pacific-slope Flycatcher or Cordilleran. Sorry, seems they are only indistinguishable by male call. Though there is a drab version of Pacific-slope that I would have put this one as.
2, any blue on it at all? or can you give size? it looks small, but with no sight of the chest or size, hard to know whether it is closer to a bluebird, or a thrush.
2, any blue on it at all? or can you give size? it looks small, but with no sight of the chest or size, hard to know whether it is closer to a bluebird, or a thrush.
birdmeister
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I agree that the Empidonax flycatcher in the first photo is unidentifiable, at least for me.
I seem to be seeing the buffy face and eye-ring of Swainson's Thrush. Also, the tail is the same color as the wings and back, going against Hermit Thrush.
I seem to be seeing the buffy face and eye-ring of Swainson's Thrush. Also, the tail is the same color as the wings and back, going against Hermit Thrush.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
The whole pic has a strong blue cast anyway, if one takes that out, the bird is brown, definitely a Catharus thrush.
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dwatsonbirder
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Tempted to agree that the first is PS flycatcher (though I've only seen a handful) and the second certainly appears to be Swainson's thrush.
Microtus
Maryland USA (he/him)
The primary projection on the flycatcher looks long to me, which may serve to narrow potential species. Empidonax species which breed at or very near Mount Robson are (according to the 2nd edition of the Sibley guide) Dusky, Hammond's, Least, Alder, Willow, Yellow-bellied, and Pacific-slope.
I agree that the second bird is a Swainson's Thrush.
I agree that the second bird is a Swainson's Thrush.
birdmeister
Well-known member
I am hearing only the Varied Thrush and a Townsend's Warbler in the background.
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
No guess on the empid, but I agree with Swainson's.
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