[Birdtalk] Willow Flycatcher?, NAWA, TOWA @ the IC

[Tim Avery]

I decided to head out to the International Center this afternoon, as the radar
last night showed a heavy migration following the storm.  Driving up Wright
Brothers, there was a lot of bird activity.  At my first stop I had 11
Kinglets, 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers, and 2 Hammond's Flycatchers.  I ended up
spending 3 and 1/2 hours birding the area nd had several highlights.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was a WILLOW FLYCATCHER on Mitchell, north of the
intersection with Harold Gatty.  When I first saw the bird I was a little
curious, as it appeared to have a greenish head and back when in good light. 
It looked peculiarly a lot like an Acadian, except for the very short (and
typical of Willow) primaries.  I called Colby to come out and take a look, but
we could not relocate the bird. As much as I would have liked to call the bird
an Acadian, I will take the safe road and stick to Willow on this one.

http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/empid_01.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/empid_02.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/empid_03.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/empid_04.jpg

North of the Unisource building was a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and at the corner of
Earhart and Lindbergh a beautiful TOWNSEND'S WARBLER:

http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/nawa_01.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/towa_01.jpg

15 Sandhill Crane flew over as well 10 Cedar Waxwing (both new birds for the
IC).

Below is a partial list, of the highlights from the day.

Number of species:     47

Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii     1
Hammond's Flycatcher - Empidonax hammondii     2
Dusky Flycatcher - Empidonax oberholseri     1
Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli     1
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula     52
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus     1
Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus     7
Orange-crowned Warbler - Vermivora celata     7
Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata     40
Townsend's Warbler - Dendroica townsendi     1
Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia pusilla     1
Brewer's Sparrow - Spizella breweri     1
Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii     3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Cheers

Tim
Salt Lake City, UT
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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