Wow, I am shocked looking at Mike's photos of the Empid today in Monkton.  Maybe the lighting was odd this morning, but I was convinced it was completely yellow underneath, throat and all.  Mike's photos appear to show a Hammond's Flycatcher and I'm certainly not going to suggest a two bird theory.  Looking at the photos, the bill looks too thin, with a dusky tip, the back looks olive with a contrasting gray head, and the primary extension appears long.  This is different from my impression this morning of a brownish-yellow bird with no contrast throughout the head, back, throat, and upper chest.  
 
I have to admit that I must have been wrong this morning because the photos don't lie.  Sorry for jumping to conclusions.
 
Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD
 
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From: Mike Burchett <>
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Sent: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:25:54 -0500
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Flycatcher photos


Link below is to some photos of the flycatcher in Monkton, taken this morning:

http://www.pbase.com/mbird023/flycatcher

Good birding and happy thanksgiving.

Mike Burchett,
Churchville, MD
Morgantown, WV