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  Least Flycatcher
The Least Flycatcher feeds mainly on flying insects, most of which are caught on the wing, but some are gleaned from vegetation and also eats a few fruits and seeds.
The Least Flycatcher breeds from southern Yukon east to central Quebec and Maritime Provinces and south to Wyoming, Indiana and New Jersey and south in the mountains to North Carolina.
The Least Flycatcher is widely distributed in open country, nesting in shade trees and orchards in villages and city parks, along rural roadsides and woodland borders.
www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /least_flycatcher_info.htm   (244 words)

  
 Least Flycatcher Spring
Least Flycatcher: Breeds southern Yukon to northern Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, south to southern British Columbia, northeastern Wyoming, eastern Nebraska, southern Missouri, south-central Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and to southern Appalachians; then, winters in northern Mexico regularly to Nicaragua.
Least Flycatcher: Three to six creamy white eggs are laid in a next of grass, bark strips, twigs, lichens, and plant fibers; bound by spider or caterpillar webs, placed in a fork of a tree or shrub two to sixty feet above ground.
Least Flycatcher: Similar to this bird are Willow, Acadian, and Alder Flycatchers, which are larger, with larger bills, greener upperparts, longer primary extensions, and different voices.
identify.whatbird.com /obj/681/_/Least_Flycatcher_Spring.aspx   (666 words)

  
 Least Flycatcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, is a small insect-eating bird.
This is the smallest Empidonax flycatcher in eastern North America.
Adults have greyish-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a conspicuous white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Least_Flycatcher   (167 words)

  
 Direct Canada-Mexico Recovery of a Banded Least Flycatcher
A recent recovery in Mexico of a Least Flycatcher banded in Ontario is consistent with this view of the autumn migration of the species.
Only two other Least Flycatchers have been recovered south of 35øN and only one of those was either banded or recovered during autumn migration.
Median "autumn" migration dates for AHY Least Flycatchers are 22July (with the middle 90% of the records spanning the period 11 July- 13 August) at Long Point, Ontario, and 3 August for spec- imens collected in the southern United States.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/JFO/v055n01/p0116-p0117.html   (992 words)

  
 Birds of Nova Scotia - Least Flycatcher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This species arrives a little earlier than the Alder Flycatcher (average 14 May, earliest 4 May; see earlier occurrences of unidentified Empidonax under the Alder Flycatcher).
Movements of this species with the Alder Flycatcher are conspicuous in late August and early September, with stragglers reported on Seal Island on 19 October 1973 and at Glace Bay on 20 October 1981.
Other field marks, useful for silent migrating birds, are mentioned in Remarks under the Alder Flycatcher.
museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0243.htm   (486 words)

  
 Least Flycatcher - Stúfgreipur / Birding Iceland
A strange looking bird, that had flown into a house, was caught by Katrín Jónsdóttir at Stokkseyri (S-Iceland) in the late afternoon of 6 October 2003 and brought to a local birder.
The bird was released in the morning of 7 October.
There is only one previous record of an Empidonax flycatcher in the Western Palearctic; an Acadian Flycatcher E.
www.hi.is /~yannk/empmin.html   (149 words)

  
 Least Flycatcher - South Dakota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is often seen in the open, singing its repetitive song.
The Least Flycatcher belongs to a group of 11 "Empidonax" flycatchers, all of which are very similar and difficult to separate.
Voice, behavior, and location are often the best clues in differentiating the species.
huskertsd.tripod.com /species/least_flycatcher.htm   (153 words)

  
 eNature.com Nature Guides
Perhaps the most familiar member of the difficult-to-identify Empidonax group, the Least Flycatcher is a characteristic bird of large shade trees; its presence is most easily detected by its call.
An incubating bird is surprisingly tame and will often allow itself to be touched or even lifted off the nest.
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www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0281   (76 words)

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