Date: 9/17/25 1:44 pm From: Garrett Lau via groups.io <Garrett.Lau...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] Mystery Flycatcher at Charleston Marsh
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:
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>> We have some very bad photos that we will upload once we’re home.
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>> On Sep 17, 2025, at 10:23 AM, Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier=
>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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>> Hi Everyone!
>>
>> Patricia and I have a mystery flycatcher at Charleston Marsh. Here’s our
>> field marks:
>>
>> Small flycatcher
>>
>> Flat, not peaked head
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>> Very small bill
>>
>> Eye ring more prominent in the back
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>> Gray overall
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>> Wing bars?
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>> Long primaries not quite to tail
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>> Slightly forked tail
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>> Streaky upper breast, white belly, throat was lighter
>>
>> Perched up high in dead branches here 37.4211198, -122.0729803
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>>
>> Eve Meier (San Jose)
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