My first impression is Cordilleran but the more I look at it I think it's a Yellow-bellied. It would make more sense from a migratory standpoint as well. 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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/ > membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]