Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:53:59 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: paula sullivan Subject: Re: Empidonax question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Lovelace, Glen" wrote: > Hello again, > Generally gray in color with a thin complete white eye ring. The lower > mandible was pale/fleshy color, but it seemed to be dark at the very tip. > The field guide (Natl Geo) descibes the call note as 'whit' and I listened to > my Peterson's CD and it matches better than anything else. Is the Least Fly > call note distinctive enough to make the call on that alone or is another > flycatcher similar? Or perhaps call note with a couple other > details would rule out another species? Did you consider Willow Flycather? I guess you didn't think its "wit" was what you heard, but the Least should show a bold eye ring, which is minimal in the Willow. Paula Sullivan Alexanddria, VA paulas@erols.com ======================================================================== To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================== == ========================================================================