Date: 9/17/25 12:51 pm From: Garrett Lau via groups.io <Garrett.Lau...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] Mystery Flycatcher at Charleston Marsh
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
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> 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!
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> Patricia and I have a mystery flycatcher at Charleston Marsh. Here’s our
> field marks:
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> Small flycatcher
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> Flat, not peaked head
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> Very small bill
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> 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
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> Perched up high in dead branches here 37.4211198, -122.0729803
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> Eve Meier (San Jose)
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