I wonder if this was identified simply on the basis of being an Empidonax with a yellow belly, or whether it showed a bold, even, complete eye-ring, a yellow-gray throat with low contrast to the face, a round head, and a short tail, and if it gave vocalizations of Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Note that many Empidonax flycatchers have yellow on the belly, and there is one such Willow Flycatcher whose territory is next to the tower at Tscahche Pool on NYS 89.
The map coordinates given (below) are for a point within the impoundment (now mudflat) nearest to a part of the dike which is closed to the public, so I also wonder how accurate that location is.
--Dave Nutter
On Jun 05, 2011, at 05:30 AM, Dave Spier <[email protected]> wrote:
from eBird: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
- Reported Jun 04, 2011 11:00 by Brett Haranin
- Montezuma NWR--Tschache Pool, Seneca, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.9904617,-76.7721363&ll=42.9904617,-76.7721363
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