[obol] Willow Flycatchers still singing

[Arch McCallum]

Hi OBOL,
I went out this morning in hopes of recording some of the lesser 
known calls of Willow Flycatcher. I got whits from two territories in 
willows. In a nearby clearcut, three WIFLs were singing, i.e., 
fitzbew, fizzbew, creet. One guy was on top of a dougfir, throwing 
back his head in typical fashion as he belted out the songs. It seems 
late in the season; it sounded like early June out there. Eventually 
a Yellow-breasted Chat sang too.

These birds were on Izaak Walton Rd, a paved county road that splits 
off McBeth Rd about a mile up McBeth from Lorane Hwy. All this 
southwest of Eugene. The willows are at the end of county 
maintenance, maybe half a mile from McBeth. The clearcut (very grown 
up now) is on the right about .3 mi from McBeth. There's no shoulder 
on Izaak Walton, but a couple of small paved turnouts. Traffic is 
light. Good spot to hear brush birds. Olive-sided Flycatcher is also 
regular. I hear it this a.m., too.


Good birding,
Arch McCallum
Eugene


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