Date: 9/17/25 3:23 pm From: Mark Sawyer via groups.io <marksawyer3383...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] Mystery Flycatcher at Charleston Marsh
I can’t see the photo?
On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM Garrett Lau via groups.io <Garrett.Lau=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> The picture did not go through. I am trying again.
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM Garrett Lau via groups.io <Garrett.Lau=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>
>> It might be a Dark-sided Flycatcher. Here is a back-of-camera photo.
>>
>> Garrett Lau
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM Garrett Lau via groups.io <Garrett.Lau=
>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the picture. I saw the bird a minute ago, but I can’t tell
>>> what it is.
>>>
>>> Garrett Lau
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier=
>>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here’s our ebird list with very bad photos of the flycatcher:
>>>> https://ebird.org/checklist/S273917582 >>>>
>>>> Eve
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 17, 2025, at 10:55 AM, Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier=
>>>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We have some very bad photos that we will upload once we’re home.
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 17, 2025, at 10:23 AM, Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier=
>>>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Everyone!
>>>>
>>>> Patricia and I have a mystery flycatcher at Charleston Marsh. Here’s
>>>> our field marks:
>>>>
>>>> Small flycatcher
>>>>
>>>> Flat, not peaked head
>>>>
>>>> Very small bill
>>>>
>>>> Eye ring more prominent in the back
>>>>
>>>> Gray overall
>>>>
>>>> Wing bars?
>>>>
>>>> Long primaries not quite to tail
>>>>
>>>> Slightly forked tail
>>>>
>>>> Streaky upper breast, white belly, throat was lighter
>>>>
>>>> Perched up high in dead branches here 37.4211198, -122.0729803
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Eve Meier (San Jose)
>>>>
>>>>
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