Rosie Watts, formerly of Penrose and who many of you know, sent me photos recently taken by a friend in Fort Lowell Park, Tucson, AZ that show both a Black Phoebe and a Vermilion Flycatcher with small minnow-type fish they had snatched from the water surface. Maybe we should change the common name of the latter to a “Vermilion Flyfisher”. I think I’ve seen kiskadees getting fish before. Anybody seen flycatchers getting fish in CO?
Eastern Phoebes, which rarely winter in CO, are reported to sometimes take small fish.
Brendan in Fort Collins reports a Say’s Phoebe at one of the Fort Collins’ water treatment plants. No doubt, midges are at the center of this.
And has there ever been an Eastern Kingbird in CO in late January prior to the one reported today by Emily S. at Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space along Cherry Creek in Arapahoe County? I suspect all it is finding to eat in terms of insects is also midges near open water. Of course, flycatchers eat fruit in a pinch so Russian-olives, frozen crabapples and juniper cones are also out there. Eastern Kingbird is also reported to rarely take small fish.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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