At around 3:30pm today, while observing a flock of Pine Siskins along the path between the point and the oven, where the Red-headed Woodpecker has been hanging out, I refound the Western Flycatcher. A number of observers got on it, and some got photos. It vocalized a few times, a high pitch, "tsueet" (as Peterson writes). Tim Healy got a good recording, which I put on Flickr and linked to below. You can hear it at 2 seconds 8 seconds, and 18 seconds in.
Other observations: It spent most of its time fairly high up, but came low a couple of times. It was vocalizing at the time that it was the lowest down. It was actively flycatching, but rarely if ever returning to the perch that it left from. It was flicking its tail often. https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/23189424455/in/dateposted-public/ Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
