Date: 9/17/25 1:47 pm From: Joe Heinlein via groups.io <Jgheinlein...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] Mystery Flycatcher at Charleston Marsh
No attachment, Garrett.
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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