Date: 11/9/26 7:59 am From: Shelf Life Community Story Project via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Vermilion Flycatcher in Snohomish County
This is my favorite of all birds. In Oaxaca they call them the Pájaro de
Suerte (good luck bird). But it sounds like bad luck for this poor thing to
have wandered so far north. They're used to frigid nights in the desert but
what will it eat?
Jill
On Sun, Nov 8, 2026, 4:45 PM Louise via Tweeters <tweeters...>
wrote:
> I'm glad you found it, Dennis! It was a very cooperative bird when I found
> it, right by the slough on the south side of the road, and hard to miss
> when it was flycatching. The weather has got considerably colder over the
> last couple of weeks, though, I do wonder how much longer it will fare well
> there as the insects disappear...
>
> Louise Rutter
> Kirkland
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
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>
>> We finally found that elusive little bird yesterday at 2:30 pm. Best time
>> to visit is probably afternoon, when it gets warmer and more insects are
>> flying. It flies up after very tiny ones again and again. Scan all the
>> leafless higher branches of trees and shrubs of all heights along 38th St.
>> SE. Mostly seen at and near where little slough crosses the road.
>>
>> Dennis Paulson
>> Seattle
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