Hi,

fast flicking birds with eye-rings? What about Ruby-crowned Kinglets?
Especially when busy shopping for some kind of bugs through salmonberries?
Flycatchers sit normally quite still and upright, and go for a hunt in
mid-air from there.

Reto Riesen
Vancouver, B.C.
riesenr at chem.ubc.ca

> .......Saw what appeared to be several Pacific-slope Flycatchers( Both
> Thayers and Audubon pictures were not exactly like what I saw..olive
> brown body with brownish wing. .light underparts---of flycatcher size).
> Though I saw a slight eye-circle. Saw this same bird at Ridgefield NWR a
> week ago. Any ideas???? Their quick 'flitting' around makes ID
> difficult.
> ...............The Wild Salmonberry and the Skunk Cabbage were starting
> to bloom; and the Garter Snakes and several Western Painted Turtles were
> sunning themselves. and the frogs were playing a symphony What a
> wonderful day to be alive!!!!!!!
>
> Gerald Hamilton
> Brush Prairie, Wash.
> gerald at e-z.net
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