Help-For bird-lovers: name of this ibird?

[Trek420]

Hope we get to the bottom of this mysterious identity so that I can change text from "flycatcher" to its real name.

Also change the reason for his/her sticking the tongue out Hummingbirds eat nectar only. So no "anticipation of an insect meal".

Perhaps he's sticking his tongue out because "I just got mistaken for a flycatcher. Oh the humiliation"

But still, nice shot and nice close up. You rarely catch them resting.

[shootingstar]

But..but somewhere I read some hummingbirds do eat insects. Or maybe it was burping on its nectar. We were watching there, posed on the wire for over 10 min.

Anyway, I did change the text on the blog post to its better namesake. Thanks to all, everyone here!

[Trek420]

Now this is a flycatcher. Photo taken by and courtesy of Duck on Wheels*. Titled "King of all I can see" this is a Western Kingbird, which is one of the tyrant flycatchers.

[Velocivixen]

Juvenile Anna's hummingbirds have similar coloring, or lack thereof. I think it's a female, perhaps a youth.

[yellow]

psst...Trek...that looks like a Pacific slope flycatcher. WEKIs are a bit more...stout. And usually show quite a bit of yellow. I have a cat named WEKI (although she is not yellow; I just like the name)

shootingstar, yes, hummingbirds do eat insects, especially during breeding season, but they snatch them out of the air with their bills.

[Trek420]

psst...Trek...that looks like a Pacific slope flycatcher. WEKIs are a bit more...stout. And usually show quite a bit of yellow. I have a cat named WEKI (although she is not yellow; I just like the name)

I'm getting these from my sibling, Duck on wheels. Some things might be lost in translation. Not in language but from her being pretty well versed in birds and my being ... well not so much.

But here's another of her pictures of flycatchers. This one's a Black Phoebe hard at work. They are listed among "Miscellaneous Flycatchers" in the Peterson Field Guide. They tend to perch on a twig looking every which-way for some little flying morsel, then fly out hovering low over water or grass to catch it, and often fly back to the same lookout post when they've made their catch.

[azfiddle]

Love the pic of the Black Phoebe, and I agree that the other flycatcher is most likely a Pacific Slope Flycatcher, but a tough id!

Female and immature Anna's can show small amounts of red on the throat. Female/immature rufuous would show at least some rufous (reddish) in the tail feathers).

I have been pretty lazy about birding since I've been either a) playing a lot of music or b) riding my bike a lot, but I do enjoy seeing and hearing birds when I ride or stop and have time to pay attention.

[yellow]

I'm getting these from my sibling, Duck on wheels. Some things might be lost in translation. Not in language but from her being pretty well versed in birds and my being ... well not so much.

If you hover over your attachment of the first flycatcher, the photo title says "pacific-slope-flycatcher". So she must have given you the wrong flycatcher picture for a WEKI!

Cool phoebe photo. You have Say's phoebes in Cali, too. They are really pretty birds. Oh, heck. Most birds are pretty.

My favorite flycatcher is the olive-sided. He sits in the top of a tree and says "quick THREE beers!" All over the west. Listen for him in the woods.

[Duck on Wheels]

Now this is a flycatcher. Photo taken by and courtesy of Duck on Wheels*. Titled "King of all I can see" this is a Western Kingbird, which is one of the tyrant flycatchers.

Nope. That is the Pacific Slope Flycatcher. I think the order of attachments relative to text just got a bit scrambled when I sent the email to Trek all of 10 feet across the room (of course, the email when all the way to Norway and back). Anyhoo ... The kingbird (also a flycatcher) is this one: