[Birdnet] report of a GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER

[Kristin Purdy]

Thanks to Tim for posting the report of the flycatcher. Keith Evans and Jack 
Rensel saw a bird they were very sure was a Great-crested Flycatcher on the 
dirt frontage road about 100 yards north of the entrance to Camelot Woods in 
Utah County yesterday afternoon. They saw a large flycatcher that they 
described as obviously from the Myiarchus genus fly out from a Russian 
Olive, chasing a bug. The bird had a bright yellow belly and a strong 
demarcation between the yellow belly and the gray of the upper breast. The 
bird retreated into the olive and they were unable to locate it again, even 
with an attempt to call it out with a recorded playback.

Dennis Shirley visited the spot late yesterday afternoon and this morning; I 
spent about an hour there this morning at first light and neither of us saw 
the bird.

To visit this area, take I-15 to exit 261, Springville. Turn west at the end 
of the exit ramp and then right (north) onto the dirt frontage road. As you 
head north, you'll pass the gates at Camelot Woods, which appears to be 
under construction, but nowhere will you see a sign for Camelot Woods. Drive 
north for about a hundred yards until the dirt road widens into a circle 
where people turn their cars around. A small (30 foot wide) pond is west of 
the road with a water-filled channel running west of the pond. This is the 
area where Keith and Jack saw the flycatcher. Access is poor; due to the 
private property, water, and heavy vegetation, you're limited to walking up 
and down the dirt road.

Kris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Avery" <tanager at timaverybirding.com>
To: <birdnet at utahbirds.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 4:53 PM
Subject: [Birdnet] report of a GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER


>I heard a second hand report of a Great-crested Flycatcher at Camelot Woods 
>in
> Utah County yesterday.  Camelot Woods is located just off I-15 at exit 361 
> on
> the west side of the interstate.  It is private property so you can only 
> bird
> around the edges.  If anyone has more information about this sighting it 
> would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tim
> Salt Lake City, UT
> tanager at timaverybirding.com
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