Little Willow Flycatcher

Description:

Willow Flycatchers are brownish olive overall with a slight yellow wash to the belly. They have 2 whitish wingbars and a white throat that contrasts with the brownish olive breast. The eye ring is very faint. Fairly long wings and tail.

Habitat:

Spotted at Spencer Island near Everett, Washington. Spencer Island is a large estuary island with lots of willows. Willow Flycatchers breed in shrubby areas with standing water or along streams. In some parts of their range, they also nest in woodland edges and dry, brushy thickets. In winter they use tropical shrubby clearings, pastures, and woodland edges, often near water.

Notes:

The little willow flycatcher (E.t. brewsteri) is the Pacific slope subspecies of the willow flycatcher. Described by Oberholser in 1918, it breeds in California from Tulare County north along the western side of the Sierra Nevada, and in Oregon and Washington west of the Cascade range.(Wikipedia)