Hammond’s and Ash-throated Flycatchers
April 12th, 2012 by Kristie Nelson
Date of sighting: 11 April 2012
Hi,
Yesterday along with the snow flurries were the first of spring Hammond’s Flycatcher and Ash-throated Flycatcher! Both are a month+ earlier than usual. Gray Flycatchers are typically (almost always) the first empidonax flycatchers to arrive in the Mono Basin, so I was blown away to see a Hammond’s first. Ash-throated FC’s are rare Mono Basin migrants anyway, and this one was exceptionally early (seen by Joel yesterday).
This post was submitted by Kristie Nelson.
