A grayish-olive Willow Flycatcher resting peacefully on a thin, bare branch, looking completely relaxed.
Birders: Frantically flipping through field guides trying to ID a flycatcher based on a single millimeter of wing length. 📖
This Willow Flycatcher: Experiencing total Zen. Unbothered. Flourishing on a twig. 🧘♂️🌿 We could all learn something from this bird!
#WillowFlycatcher #Birds #BirdWatching #Zen
A side-by-side photo of a grayish-olive Willow Flycatcher showing both its front profile and the back of its wings.
Photography lets me take the birding puzzle home to overanalyze! 🧩 In the field, I thought Eastern Wood-Pewee. But studying the closeups? The longer secondaries and super faint eye-ring point right to a Willow Flycatcher. But I'll keep second guessing.
What do you think?👇
#birds #willowflycatcher
It may December, but since I randomly select my photos from my unshared backlog, anything can show up! Enjoy this August #WillowFlycatcher with a weaker eye ring than the Least Flycatchers in the area (stronger eye ring).
Aug 2025 in Illinois (Pingree Grove FP) #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A pale yellow bird perches on a branch in a tranquil woodland setting, blending harmoniously with the natural surroundings.
Willow Flycatcher
#willowflycatcher #naturephotography #nature #birds #birders #birdwatchers #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #huntingtonbeach #dailybird #birdsofbluesky #naturephotos #LAwildlife #losangeles
A photo of a flycatcher in my hand after it was banded but before taking measurements. The bird is mostly gray with white and cream underneath and white/cream wing bars. There is a cream colored eye ring as well. In the background a table is visible with an identification guide open on it. Some pliers and banding supplies are sitting on top of it. A phone is next to it. This particular individual’s measurements were in between Willow Flycatcher and Alder Flycatcher, so not sure which it was!
I got to help band birds today!!
I saw a few new lifers as well
#birds #TraillsFlycatcher #AlderFlycatcher #WillowFlycatcher
A #WillowFlycatcher positioned perfectly behind the glare of the sun to produce...a challenge shot. Even so, the best part was hiking outside and seeing it!
June 2025 in Illinois (Fitchie Creek FP) #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A #WillowFlycatcher that was quite a good deal away among a grove of brush and trees. Even so, one can make out that it is vocalizing about.
June 2025 in Illinois (Fitchie Creek FP) #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
a willow flycatcher in a tree
My first Willow Flycatcher. Always cool to see a new bird.
#willowflycatcher #willow #flycatcher #aurora #arboretum #turtleisland #auroraarboretum #birds
Willow Flycatcher holds on to a stalk of grass on the edge of the marsh. It is framed by blades of grass.
Willow Flycatcher at the marsh. #bird #birdphotography #willowflycatcher #sapowetmarsh #tivertonri #birdsofrhodeisland
A Willow Flycatcher is perched on a small branch, facing the camera. It is singing with splayed tail feathers. The background consists of blurred foliage and branches that meld with the tail.
Willow Flycatcher displaying its tail. #willowflycatcher #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #allenspondwildliferefuge
Willow Flycatcher perched on a branch.
Willow Flycatcher (aka the sneezing bird.)
#birds #empidonaxtraillii #willowflycatcher #birding 🪶
A very long shot of a tiny gray-backed, yellow-bellied flycatcher perched on a broken tree.
#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Willow Flycatcher, 14th June 2022
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 791mm, 15% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 3200
#Birds #WillowFlycatcher #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
