[TN-Bird] Alder Flycatcher/ Shelby Farms
- From: "Rob Peeples" <wpeeples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 11:02:04 -0500
May 18, 2005
Shelby Farms
Shelby Co., TN
This morning at about 9:00, I saw a small flycatcher at Shelby Farms.
I recognized it was an Empidonax, because of its small size, tail-flipping, and
a faint eye-ring.
It was in a willow tree, so thought it could very well be a Willow Flyc., but
wasn't going to i.d. the bird without hearing it.
We (Carolyn Bullock, Barbara Wilson, and I) stayed in the same area for about
ten minutes after the bird had disappeared from view.
At that point it started singing, as all of us could hear it, and I knew it was
an Alder.
It sang a dozen or more times, with the second syllable accented, and usually
the soft third note was audible.
We were parked at the small parking area as you go up the hill, past the lake
and visitor center, where a one-way road comes in from the right.
The bird was along this one-way road, about 200 yards east of the parking area.
Rob Peeples
Germantown, TN
P.S. Other migrants at Shelby Farms today included Veery, Black-throated Green
Warbler and Northern Waterthrush.
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