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Flycatcher, Ontario (1 Viewer)
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mordovarot
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Thank you. It is definitely by the shape and everything else but it's tail has no orange colour, that's why I turned back.
Motmot
Eduardo Amengual
Do you have any other pics of it? It looks a Great Crested to my eyes but, flycatchers on this kind of pics (no offence intended) can be very tricky and it's always better to check any other images available.
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birdmeister
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I took a good long look at this after Motmot's suggestion of GC Flycatcher.
I think I'm seeing an Empidonax, but it does seem to have an awfully large head. I do think that the strong wing bars and suggestion of eye-ring point to an Empid. If so, I'd say Willow/Alder.
I think I'm seeing an Empidonax, but it does seem to have an awfully large head. I do think that the strong wing bars and suggestion of eye-ring point to an Empid. If so, I'd say Willow/Alder.
mordovarot
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Thank you!
mordovarot
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David Roche
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Alder/Willow Flycatcher. Not sure if its possible to be any more specific
mordovarot
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Thanks. That's the bird from the same tree from the next day 
bronze sunbird
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Empids are a nightmare. There is no practical way to separate Willow from Alder unless you hear then call. In the old days they were just lumped together as Traill's Flycatcher.
