Bird of the Week: Least flycatcher

[Photo by Michael Warren]

Empid flycatchers are notoriously difficult to distinguish. According to one author, “All are drab, the sort of neutral beige-ish colors that L.L. Bean would call taupe, mushroom or dun, fading to off-white, oatmeal, or ecru underneath, and all have the same white eye-ring and two white wing bars.” After consulting a guidebook, Merlin’s AI tool and the experts on Facebook, this one turns out to be a least flycatcher. It was photographed at the Marjorie Hoy Memorial Park at the Orange Lake Overlook on Highway 441 in North Marion County. (Photo: MichaelWarren.com)