Doug, this is an outstanding find!

Please, in addition to taking (these great!) photos please record any call
notes the bird gives.  This may help us with the identification, as many
empids can be separated out on call note alone.

good birding!

Tim Spahr



On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Doug Overacker <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Julie Karlson and I were birding at Buck Creek State Park this morning and
> almost back to the car when we spotted a bird moving in the brush. We
> looked
> and were very surprised to see an Empidonax flycatcher. I told Julie to
> watch it while I ran back to the car to get my camera. I got back and we
> found the bird again and followed it for several minutes and I took
> pictures
> of the bird. We called Brian Menker and Larry Jeanblanc and they both
> arrived in a little while. We had lost the bird but a few minutes later we
> spotted it again but only for half a minute. We drove home and I looked at
> my pictures. It pumped its tail up but otherwise acted like a flycatcher.
> Julie saw it find a caterpillar so it was finding food. I have posted
> several pictures on eBird. I would appreciate any ideas on what species it
> is. My best guess is Yellow-bellied, Cordilleran, or Pacific Slope since it
> was very green on the back. Here is a link to the eBird list.
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40972223
>
> Doug Overacker
> Springfield, Ohio
>
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