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Possible Great Crested Flycatcher at Mountour WMA

Elizabeth Medes photographed a Myiarchus that appears to be a good candidate for a Great Crested Flycatcher, at Montour WMA (Gem Co.) this morning.  It was not relocated this evening, but overall bird activity was reported to be light.  It would be well worth searching for tomorrow.  Additional photos and recordings of any vocalizations would be helpful.  A few photos are available in eBird:https://ebird.org/checklist/S94336852.   Montour WMA is on the south side of the Payette River west of Horseshoe Bend, and directions can also be derived from the eBird checklist.  Hunting season is underway, and Liz notes that birders should wear hunter orange if birding there.

Good Birding,
Carl Lundblad (messenger only)
Corvallis, OR

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Re: Passerine Sp. at Fort Boise WMA – Any Thoughts on Audio Identification? Maybe a Grosbeak?

Wow — this is a good one! I agree with Elizabeth about the opening notes being Vesper Sparrow like – though my experience is the Vesper Sparrows around here stopped singing some time back. I am not sure about catbird — they don’t seem to repeat the same note several times in a row, more up and down variation (or whatever the correct term is.) I can go with Bewick’s Wren though I am most familiar with what has been called the “Rotary Dial Phone” vocalizations like at: https://www.xeno-canto.org/647162.  But, as everyone tells me: “Bewick’s Wrens have a song for every month of the year except May when they use them all”.

Scott

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