Flycatchers don't have to be hard to identify . if they will just sing or
call for us!  Some good fortune and a little patience helped me get this
video today while walking the dog in the woods.  Please bear with the shaky
first 12 seconds - it gets steady, I promise!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/85567104@N05/



If this is a new bird for you, try watching the video a few times while
looking at the bird in your field guide.  It will help you remember the
call.  You will find this flycatcher IN THE WOODS which helps separate it
from the Willow and Alder (they like successional fields and shrubby, wet
areas).  It will become "a new friend" the next time you walk in the woods.



Matt Valencic

Geauga County


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