behavioral clue – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Gray Flycatcher Perched In Fragrant Sumac

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-11T04:07:37-05:00September 8th, 2019|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Box Elder County, Gray Flycatchers, Utah|Tags: behavioral clue, bird ID, branches, desert, Empidonax wrightii, Empids, flycatcher, flycatchers, Fragrant Sumac, Gray Flycatcher, identification, Rhus aromatica, seep, sumac, summer, wagging tail|

As it turns out this flycatcher gave me a wonderful behavioral clue that made identifying it a little easier for me because I watched it wag its tail slowly up and down repeatedly while perched which Gray Flycatchers are known to do.