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Location: Unknown
Date: 2008-02-15
Lens: Canon 600mm IS F4 + 1.4x II Converter
Date: 2008-02-15
Lens: Canon 600mm IS F4 + 1.4x II Converter
Hammond's Flycatcher
Empidonax hammondii
DescriptionThe Hammond's Flycatcher flicks its tail and wings more than other Empids. Like other flycatchers, this bird will sit motionless on an exposed perch, then make a quick, darting flight out to catch passing insects.
Olive-gray upperparts. Yellowish underparts. Grayish throat; darker olive-gray breast. Pale yellow belly. Whitish undertail coverts. White eye ring. Triangular shaped crown. Predominately dark lower mandible. White wing bars. 5 to 5.5 inches in length.
High altitude coniferous and mixed forests during summer. Thickets and all forests during migration.
Nesting3-4 white eggs, sometimes with spots. The eggs have a 12-15 day incubation period. Fledging occurs in 17-18 days. The nest is an open cup made from plant fiber, bark, pine needles and twigs. It is built on a branch high up (15 - 60 ft) in a coniferous tree. Nests up to 11,000 feet.
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