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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_25578_23391323.1213146367550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, Eye rings, like many other plumage features on Empid. flycatchers, come and go depending on the angle and the light. Single photos are notoriously difficult for ID-ing this group. I once showed 2 pictures of empids to some of the best field experts, and got all kinds of interesting analyses - they were actually a single Alder Flycatcher taken a few seconds apart, before and after it jumped from a well-lit tree to a poorly lit one. The 2 pictures looked like 2 different species. Having said that, apparently Willow Flycatchers do indeed have the least apparent eye rings of the empids that occur in NS, but Alders can too. For a very thorough analysis of what to look for and what not to look for in empids, there is a good chapter in the Field Guide to Advanced Birding by Kenn Kaufman - paperback, one of the Peterson Field Guide series. BTW that's an excellent book for thorough ID discussions of all sorts of other difficult species too. Richard On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Paul Murray <murraypaul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Thanks Angus. I guess that explains why I could not find a reference > picture of and Alder Flycatcher without an eyering! I also noted a large > variety of plumage shades and colours in the references that I checked so I > was somewhat confused by it all. My only wish is that I could have heard > the song but unfortunately my hearing is shot and I could not. > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca> > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:47 PM > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Flycatchers > > This is an interesting flycatcher , Paul, in that it does not have an > eyering. Thus Willow Flycatcher has to be considered. However the darkness > of the crown in comparison to the back and the whiteness of the wing > stripes, would indicate an Alder. This is one of the few Alders one would > see in NS without an eyering. > Angus > > At 09:01 AM 10/06/2008, you wrote: > > June 10, 2008 > > As a contribution to the Flycatcher discussion, I have added two pictures > of one I found at Russell Lake in Dartmouth to my on-line gallery. It > apears to be an Alder but if anyone has a better idea please let me know. > The pictures can be seen at the link below. > > P. Murray > Dartmouth > > murraypaul@ns.sympatico.ca > > http://scranlocker.smugmug.com/gallery/5074440_kQSvp > > ------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.2.0/1495 - Release Date: 10/06/2008 > 5:11 PM > > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS, Canada B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_25578_23391323.1213146367550 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi,<br><br>Eye rings, like many other plumage features on Empid. flycatchers, come and go depending on the angle and the light. Single photos are notoriously difficult for ID-ing this group. I once showed 2 pictures of empids to some of the best field experts, and got all kinds of interesting analyses - they were actually a single Alder Flycatcher taken a few seconds apart, before and after it jumped from a well-lit tree to a poorly lit one. The 2 pictures looked like 2 different species. Having said that, apparently Willow Flycatchers do indeed have the least apparent eye rings of the empids that occur in NS, but Alders can too.<br> <br>For a very thorough analysis of what to look for and what not to look for in empids, there is a good chapter in the Field Guide to Advanced Birding by Kenn Kaufman - paperback, one of the Peterson Field Guide series. BTW that's an excellent book for thorough ID discussions of all sorts of other difficult species too.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Paul Murray <murraypaul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font size="2">Thanks Angus. I guess that explains why I could not find a reference picture of and Alder Flycatcher without an eyering! I also noted a large variety of plumage shades and colours in the references that I checked so I was somewhat confused by it all. My only wish is that I could have heard the song but unfortunately my hearing is shot and I could not.</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2">Paul</font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <b>From:</b> <a title="angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca" href="mailto:angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca" target="_blank">Angus MacLean</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:47 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: