The first two photos show a male Painted Bunting and the next five a female.
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY,COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA, 1/13/2019
Hammond's Flycatcher is is a relatively rare bird in Southwest Florida, it a probably a vagrant from the Western U.S or Mexico.
We can ID this Epidonax Tyrant Flycatcher as a Hammond's Flycatcher as follows:
- Whitish eyering that is thicker in back of the eye than in front and flares out in the back (you can see this in the first and second photos).
- Grayish head
- Short and pointed dark bill
- Long primary projection
- Olive-gray underparts
- Slightly notched tail
Hammond's Flycatcher is a new species to our Photographic Life List,which now stands at 981.
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