It goes without saying that 'Western Flycatcher' (an amalgam of Pacific-slope and Cordilleran Flycatchers) is a NYSARC review species.
There is one prior record for New York State (NYSARC 2003-54-A/B), a bird that was trapped by Randy Moore multiple times near the Fire Island Lighthouse (Suffolk Co.) between 14 and 16 September 1995. Visit the following link for more perspective on the identification issues and vagrant status in the east (scroll down to the '1995 Report Accepted in Revised Form' section). http://nybirds.org/NYSARC/Reports/NYSARC2003.html Separating these closely related taxa as well as the very similar Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a notorious challenge, even for birds in the hand. Careful analysis of vocalizations (rather than responses to playback) can be extremely useful and it's important that all recordings of the Central Park bird be submitted to the New York State Avian Records Committee to facilitate in the review. Please contact Gary Chapin, Secretary of NYSARC, if you have video or sound records of the bird vocalizing. Likewise, submission of written descriptions and high quality photographs is encouraged. Contact details are here: http://nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm Angus Wilson Chair, New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 6:17 PM, peter paul <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
