Pacific-slope Flycatcher
I finally got one!! Two actually, an apparently mated pair. Give me an ID before I give you the location.







I finally got one!! Two actually, an apparently mated pair. Give me an ID before I give you the location.







Several first of season for me today at my place. Cranes, w throat sparrow, hermit thrush, mr Lincoln, spot towhee and just now woodcock. It don’t hurt much
Another beautiful day in Colorado!! With a few stunning birds!!
Here’s a couple of very nice pix by Dennis Palafox taken at the coast recently.
Cornell Bird Academy Quiz
Ok, here’s where birding gets tantalizing (?) frustrating (?)…….again!! We were just out on a snow walk in garland near a wooded creek. I heard an owl. I heard it twice give 3 note, medium pitched hoots — lower pitched than Saw Whet, and Northern pygmy, higher pitched than Long eared — not screech, not…
Here’s a reminder of 3 field marks for Downy v Hairy Woodpecker. 1 Small black bars on outer tail feathers (Downy). All white for Hairy. 2) Bill shorter than the width of the head (Downy). Hairy is much larger bill, comparable to width of head. 3) Red on back of head on male Downy uninterrupted…