Sorry for the late post, but on Friday morning, August 17, I observed
an immature Least Flycatcher in the woods near where Bear Creek enters
Bear Creek Lake (on the south side accessible from Pelican Point area).
The bird was in the woods (cottonwood grove) close to the creek. The
bird was very active, flicking its tail and wings, changing perches
often as it moved between ground level up to perches as high as 20
feet in the lower level of the canopy. I was able to study the bird
from a distance of 10-20 yards for 15- 20 minutes.
Things I noted as I watched the bird:
small bird with a rounded and somewhat large head
small bill (but not as narrow at the base as I have observed with
Hammond's Flycatchers), mostly pale underneath with a dusky tip
well-defined and conspicuous white eye ring of fairly even thickness
two buffy wingbars contrasting with blackish wings
short primary extension
In addition to the Least Flycatcher I also saw two Sage Thrashers and
two Lark Buntings, both somewhat uncommon in migration in Bear Creek
Lake Park (BCLP). These birds were in the area above and to the west
of the Picnic Area on the NW side of the gravel parking lot above
Pelican Point.
Other migrants included both Barn Swallows and Cliff Swallows in good
numbers, Yellow Warblers in the trees along the lake, and a few
Brewer's, Chipping, and Lark Sparrows at various locations.
Mike Henwood
Morrison
Jefferson County
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