Need help with Id of bird.

Brooks PBrooks P Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
edited July 23, 2006 in Wildlife
Does anybody know what this bird is? I was thinking maybe a Western Wood-Pewee. It does have a slight crest, the coloring looks about right. The location is So. California (San Diego County) and my chart says that the Western Wood-Pewee is found here.

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    Don't know. ne_nau.gif

    No pencil marks visible on that fence. rolleyes1.gif
  • Brooks PBrooks P Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    This bird, or one like it, sits on the coping of our pool and occasionally darts out over the water. I think it must be chasing bugs. He/she won't let you get very close, the focal length on the picture was 220mm, and they aren't very big.
  • LCDLCD Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    My best guess is Great Crested Flycatcher.

    When I saw it I thought Pheobe or Flycatcher. Has the shape and markings
  • SLOW86GNSLOW86GN Registered Users Posts: 89 Big grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Bird Id
    Black Phoebe found in California year round.
  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Can it be a "Rufous-collared Sparrow"?

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    SLOW86GN wrote:
    Black Phoebe found in California year round.

    this is the correct answer
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  • Brooks PBrooks P Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Some more pictures.
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    The Black Phoebe is described thusly
    • Black head, breast, back, wings and tail
    • White belly and undertail coverts
    • Lacks wing bars
    This bird doesn’t have that much black and it definitely has wing bars.

    Great crested flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus is described as
    • Gray throat and breast
    • Yellow underparts
    • Brownish-olive upperparts
    • Pale wing bars and tertial edges
    • Brown tail with rust edges
    And that doesn’t fit either.

    Too dark for a Rufous-collared Sparrow.

    The picture on this site is very close, as is the recorded song.
    http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/227/_/Western_Wood-Pewee.aspx
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