Around 12:30 I spotted an odd flycatcher in a field in the park south of my house in North Perry. The field was mowed earlier this week and there is a lot of sticks and other things sticking up. I noticed a largish pale flycatcher feeding out in the field. the bird was perching on the broken off stems and was landing a foot or two off the ground. It got my attention since there were no flycatchers hanging around my yard this summer other than great crested and pewee. As stated before, the flycatcher seemed to be on the large empidonax size range. It was fairly pale with a grayish back and whitish underparts. The tail was fairly long and the wings appeared short giving it a slender appearance. The wings were dark with pale wingbars. It did have a complete, but indistinct eye ring. The bill appeared long and slender for a flycatcher. I was unable to see the underside of the bill as it perched low the whole time. The distinct thing about it was the movement of its tail. When it landed it slowly bobbed its tail downward like a phoebe. It did not show any movement with its wings. I watched it feeding and as people walked by it slowly moved further into the field and slowly to the east. When I tried to follow it it flew across the driveway into some thicker brush. I was able to observe it from a distance, but when a couple walked by with their dog it flew further east. It appeared to fly into the lower branches of a maple. When I got a little closer I was unable to locate it. I scanned the area for a while from a distance before moving in closer. I was unable to locate the bird. I have searched the area for about an hour and a half with no further sightings. When the bird first appeared it was in the southern end of the field west of my drive. It is the only field at the park that has been brush-hogged. It was as close as 15 feet away when I first observed it. Unfortunately there is a lot of people walking today and it flew off into the field further. I had my camera I use for macro photography with me and once I knew what it was I couldn't get the camera ready quick enough for a photo. Once it crossed east across the drive it remained partially obscured. It was last observed at the east end of that field. Lakeshore Reservation is located at the intersection of Lockwood Road and Antioch Road in North Perry. If you want to try your luck take Route 20 to Antioch Road and then drive north to the park. Once in the park go to the east parking lot and walk the trails west. It could even be north of the east parking lot. There are some brushy areas there. I've checked without any luck. There has been a lot of small bird migration over the last couple days. I have seen numerous yellow warblers, orchard and Baltimore orioles, and a Canada warbler. Yesterday I had a migrant eastern phoebe. When I first saw this bird I thought phoebe. After looking at its shape and color it was apparent that it was something different. John Pogacnik4765 Lockwood RoadPerry, OH 44081 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]