Upper parts, crown dark olive-brown; sides olive brown, form a vest; throat,
mid-belly stripe white; bill thick; tail medium. Perches on highest twigs.
Crown, back gray; thin black line through eye; throat, chest pale gray; belly
yellow; tail black with white outer feathers; bill short. Exposed perches.
Olive brown above; white throat; dusky chest drab; yellowish wash on belly; eye
ring very thin; flicks tail up. Song sneeze-like.
The Southwest willow flycatcher [E. traillii extimus] is
a New Mexico endangered species.
As these flycatchers typically nest in groves of cottonwoods, willows and associated
stream and wetland trees, it is more likely that they will be seen near the Galisteo
River than in the Park.
Western Wood-Pewee, Black Phebe, Say's Phoebe, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cassin's
Kingbird, Western Kingbird - SUMMER
Eastern Phoebe - VAGRANT
Sighted at the
Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve (an isolated high mountain group --
7,000 to 9,000 feet elevation -- eight miles south of Cerrillos.)
Say's Phoebe, Flycatcher spp. - Apr '03
Western Wood Pewee, Gray, Cordilleran, Say's Phoebe, Ash-throated, Western
Kingbird - as of '04
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Hills Park Coalition
and is dedicated to the creation, enhancement and stewardship
of an historical, recreational, and cultural open space in
the
Cerrillos Hills, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
