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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Ally on July 28, 2021, 06:50:32 PM

Title: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Ally on July 28, 2021, 06:50:32 PM
Met up with some friends there. Is this a Willow Fly Catcher? The Bunny was enjoying his afternoon nap.
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: thouc on July 29, 2021, 02:51:13 PM
Likely Willow. Alder is very similar, but location and date make Willow much more likely. Best way to tell them apart is by sound.


/Thomas
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Ally on July 29, 2021, 04:38:44 PM
Quote from: thouc on July 29, 2021, 02:51:13 PM
Likely Willow. Alder is very similar, but location and date make Willow much more likely. Best way to tell them apart is by sound.


/Thomas


He didn't say anything the whole time I was there.
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Shortsighted on July 29, 2021, 05:10:35 PM
I concur. Wonderful shot of this flycatcher.
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Ally on July 29, 2021, 07:31:56 PM
Quote from: Shortsighted on July 29, 2021, 05:10:35 PM
I concur. Wonderful shot of this flycatcher.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-DnJZpRS/0/f5cc41c5/S/i-DnJZpRS-S.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-DnJZpRS/A)
Really? A Pewee?
Lots of Butterfly shots coming up needing ps.
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Shortsighted on July 30, 2021, 08:44:20 AM
Ya, that's my guess.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BmKK3JQ/0/fb73df14/M/i-BmKK3JQ-M.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-BmKK3JQ/A)
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Shortsighted on August 13, 2021, 04:52:52 PM
Your flycatcher may actually be a Willow FC. The wings look short and the head is fairly rounded. The breast is not a light-coloured as I expect from a Willow but its behavior may clinch it. Did it repeatedly visit the same perch after catching its prey? Pewees tend to do this while Willows do not.
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Shortsighted on August 13, 2021, 05:11:33 PM
What do you think this is?
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QX7rN93/0/fd874c02/L/i-QX7rN93-L.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-QX7rN93/A)
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Ally on August 13, 2021, 07:55:13 PM
Change my answer from Least to Gray flycatcher. I have never seen one. But this bird doesn't have white eyering, and he is kind of reddish.

Quote from: Shortsighted on August 13, 2021, 05:11:33 PM
What do you think this is?
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QX7rN93/0/fd874c02/L/i-QX7rN93-L.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-QX7rN93/A)
Title: Re: Downsview Park July 28
Post by: Ally on August 13, 2021, 07:59:35 PM
Quote from: Shortsighted on August 13, 2021, 04:52:52 PM
Your flycatcher may actually be a Willow FC. The wings look short and the head is fairly rounded. The breast is not a light-coloured as I expect from a Willow but its behavior may clinch it. Did it repeatedly visit the same perch after catching its prey? Pewees tend to do this while Willows do not.
That flycatcher didn't give me repeated performance nor did he utter a tune. So I can't provide more clues. But I was just looking at the 'All about birds' comparing with similar species, the Willow's bill is a bit larger compare to others and the angle from the forehead to the bill is smaller (flatter), other birds have rounder heads.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Least_Flycatcher/species-compare/38663041 (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Least_Flycatcher/species-compare/38663041)