Gail Deterra photographed this interesting empidonax flycatcher the first week of Sep. at John Chesnut Park. Is it an expected Acadian Flycatcher or, perhaps, a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher? The empids can be difficult to distinguish unless they call. Wing projection (not really shown well here) and eye and mandible shape/color are also helpful tools.
Dick Cissel photographed the Great Crested Flycatcher pictured at left on Monday, Sep 6. It was seen at Dunedin Hammock Park. Noisy and conspicuous from late April through July in Pinellas, we see fewer of these as September rolls along. By late October they are all gone. It's hard to say whether the Great Cresteds seen in September/October are our summer residents or migrants from places much farther north.
