Dateline: August 2022
With the Erie team out scouring Presque Isle State Park for more warbler, time for an epic roundup of recently sighted birds in the White Mtns near Pinetop/Lakeside, Arizona. (Note: no birds actually rounded up.)
Could this be an Olive-sided Flycatcher?!? Gray “vest” is very delineated with a strong/contrasted white center-breast = more like Olive-sided than Western Wood-Pewee.
In a BirdingPI.com first, a really bad shot of a really amazing Lewis’s Woodpecker:
Following crop is augmented to show detail – dark back, pink belly, red face, black head, and white/gray collar:
Following three shots all Dark-eyed Junco (Red-backed form), a local favorite:
Following shots probably all Western Bluebird:
