Hello Tweets,

After consultation and review of the Empidonax flycatchers group, I must conclude that I do not have enough evidence to support our possible Dusky Flycatcher at Tradition Lake in Issaquah. I have removed it from my eBird checklist. I also made a mistake in attributing an upward flick of the tail as unique to the Dusky. In fact, several of these flycatchers flick their tails upward. I had confused this with the fact that the Gray Flycatcher flicks its tail downward first and then up, making it unusual among the other Empidonax flycatchers. I regret the error and hope I haven't misled any readers.
I'll pass along one bit of advice I received, as a caution. "In general, silent out of range empids are pretty perilous to be confident about - I guess that's mostly what I'd recommend!" At this point, I have to agree with this assessment.

Thanks,
Andy McCormick
Bellevue, WA




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