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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2009)

FEATURED PHOTO - FIRST RECORD OF THE VARIEGATED FLYCATCHER FOR WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

Submitted
November 27, 2025
Published
January 1, 2009

Abstract

Late in the afternoon of 6 September 2008, Mike and MerrlyLynn Denny found and photographed a bird in southeastern Washington that they suspected was a Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynes luteiventris). The bird was along the Snake River at Windust Park, Franklin County, close to where we happened to be spending the night. The Dennys quickly posted news of their discovery to birding list-servers for Washington and Oregon, including links to photographs of the bird. We were able to view those photos from our hotel as well as to receive an e-mail from Charlie Wright outlining why the photographed bird was a Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius), not a Sulphur-bellied or a Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaeus).

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