A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Empidonax difficilis
Bill is dark on top and orange under. Backside is an olive green from head to tail. Underneath is a lighter color. Yellowish wingbar with dark bar above and below. Almond shaped eyering. High crest on head.
Spotted going back and forth between two oak trees.
The usual behavior for a Flycatcher but maybe not for a juvenile. Besides constantly being chase off by a Black Phoebe and returning to the same tree, this bird was not that shy. Sat on a branch, not standing right above us. Very curious and did not fly away from us. It did a float and drift down to snatch bugs. But did this with in 2 feet from us. Size from where we stood looked smaller then the normal Westerns.
Spotted on Oct 17, 2013
Submitted on Oct 19, 2013
16 Comments
Thank you Nayeli
Pretty nice!
Thank you Mariana and Adarsha
Amazing expressions..Loved it Jellis :)
Thank you Doreen
Wonderful. I couldn't figure out what it was until I looked closer.
Your welcome :P
Thank you mcaul
So cute :D Love how his little head pops around the tree!
Thank you Karen
Very cute!
Thank you Cindy
Adorable series
Thank you Marta and Sarah. I thought so too. Way cute. From what I described in the notes I almost believed it was some other flycatcher. And I thought it was a leaf falling from the tree when it came down and touched the ground, at one time about a foot from my shoe. It did this to me four different times, no more then 2 feet. We were so surprised and it was so close we couldn't get a picture of it.
What a pose!! Great spotting!! :)
Super-cute!