Larrison (1970) reported seeing on 31 May 1970 a bird with the field marks and song of the Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii) in a stand of Yellow Pines (Pinus ponderosa) in Wenas Park, 17 km north northwest of Naches, Yakima County, Washington. This undocumented sight record was the first report of the species in the state. On 13 June 1972 Terence R. Wahl closely observed a bird with the field marks of the Gray Flycatcher in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, near Othello, Adams County, in willows (Salix) surrounded by sagebrush (Artemisia) (Rogers 1972, T. R. Wahl pers. comm.). Between 26–30 May 1972 Yaich and Larrison (1973) observed and photographed a Gray Flycatcher at Wenas Park in a nest “some 6 feet from the ground at the base of one of the lowermost branches of a small pine tree.” The nest contained two eggs. In a note appended to this report, Larrison described finding two more nests and an additional 10 Gray Flycatchers within 6 km of Wenas Park, 23–28 May 1973. These birds were mainly in Yellow Pine groves, though one nest was in willows. Larrison concluded: “The species is apparently becoming established in at least this part of the state of Washington.”