Date: 9/23/26 8:03 pm From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleatherman...> Subject: [cobirds] Piratic Flycatcher food responses
To summarize the responses so far to my inquiry about Piratic Flycatcher food habits in Wray, CO and elsewhere:
The Stalker Lake birds WAS seen eating Virginia Creeper berries. It WAS seen flycatching successfully for unknown insects. It was also reported pursuing a large dragonfly (and half-heartedly went after a monarch butterfly). Interestingly, nobody has confirmed it eating Russian-olives. One photo shows the bird with something that appears to be dark in its beak. This might be an insect or it could be a purple Virginia creeper berry. Since the photo shows it on a bare branch, the object is probably an insect caught on the wing. Peter Gent relayed the CO bird is thought to be an immature, based on coloration of the shoulder area, which is consistent with a diet that includes a complement of insects.
As stated, the immature AZ bird is eating the fruits of Chinese pistache tree. It was also seen in a pecan tree and apparently foraging on the bark of a dead tree (presumably for insects).
Bill Kaempfer reports the FL bird is eating Virginia creeper berries. "Privet" is also mentioned on at least one FL checklist.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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