>, it was yellow-olive (more yellow than olive)
>on
>its breast and brown on top with two prominent wing bars.

>I noticed that there were at least 4 of these birds in a loose flock
>slowly moving across the mountainside feeding on the insects flying near
the
>tree tops.
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>>No flycatcher travels
>>around in flocks in this region. Similarly, no flycatcher that I might
>>have guessed (Olive-sided, for example) has prominently yellowish
>>underparts.
>>
>>Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
>>Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
>>University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
>>Tacoma, WA 98416
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At the risk of humiliating myself by discussing bird behavior with an
expert like Dennis Paulson, I must say that the last two times I've been out
birding I've observed very similar behavior in groups (I didn't say flocks)
of flycatchers. I gave up trying to ID flycatchers the last time I
mortified myself on OBOL; but some of the one's I've been seeing the last
two weeks do have a yellowish cast (olive in bright light?) on their
breasts.

John Shelton
Portland, Oregon