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There was a wonderful assortment of birds this morning on Black Butte Ranch. WILSON'S SNIPE, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, WILSON'S WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER and another EMPIDONAX sp. were among the most cooperative.  

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BARN SWALLOW:

YELLOW WARBLER:

FEMALE YELLOW WARBLER:

WILSON'S WARBLER:

WILSON'S PHALAROPE:

WILSON'S SNIPE:

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The two flycatchers were about 1/2 mile apart.  Unfortunately, neither bird vocalized.  Both bobbed their tails up first, then down helping me rule out Gray. I noted off-white wing bars, olive-gray upperparts, white to yellow-tinged underparts, and a faint eye-ring on the first bird.  The second bird's posture was more erect than the first and it was darker overall, with whiter wing bars and had a longer primary-projection. I've tentatively identified the first bird as a WILLOW FLYCATCHER, and the second as a DUSKY FLYCATCHER.

WILLOW FLYCATCHER:

EMPIDONAX sp. 2 - Thinking DUSKY FLYCATCHER

SORA:

SAVANNAH SPARROW:

SPOTTED SANDPIPER:

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