I had an Empidonax flycatcher this morning in Prospect Park. I was first alerted to the bird by its incessant "whit" calls, and eventually got some looks at it as it actively foraged fairly high in the treetops. Between the vocalizations and the views I got of it, the only contenders seemed to me to be Least and Dusky. All the factors as I assessed them in the field pointed towards the much more expected (even at this late date) Least, which is what I called it in the field.
Given, however, that these two species can be exceptionally difficult to tell apart, I figure it warrants a posting here should anyone want to try and follow up on it. It was along the path that goes uphill from the Dongan Oak Monument, just north of the NW corner of the zoo. It was in the treetops right over and just north of the monument, roughly at these coordinates: 40.666282, -73.966670 Other birds of some interest amid the throngs of dogs walking their owners were an *Orange-crowned Warbler* on the Peninsula's thumb, a *House Wren* behind the Wellhouse, and a half dozen *Rusty Blackbirds* feeding around the pools in the Vale of Cashmere. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
