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ID help - flycatcher / phoebe ?

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Posted by Gaurav Manglik on July 3, 2011 at 2:43 PM
ID help - flycatcher / phoebe ?
Doesn't look like a black phoebe to me. A juvenile may be ? A flycatcher ?

ID help appreciated. Location is SF Bay Area.
Posted by Richard Lee on July 3, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Gaurav,

I'd go with the black Phoebe, none of the other Phoebes or flycatchers have the dark (black) head, throat, and upper breast.

Hope that's of some help.

Dick
Posted by Brian Gatlin on July 4, 2011 at 12:36 PM
looks fine for a Black Phoebe to me, Guarav. the pinkish gape would make it a juvenile.
Posted by Gaurav Manglik on July 5, 2011 at 1:26 AM
Thanks. I agree. Juvenile Black Phoebe.