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Dusky Flycatcher
Empidonax oberholseri

From DVOC's Delaware Valley Birds: "One record: Cedar Swamp WMA, DE 2002."

Habitat:
Breeds in open woodlands and brush of mountainsides from southern Yukon through the Rocky Mts. to northern New Mexico. Also found in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada Mts., California and Arizona. Winters South-east Arizona through Mexico.
Status:
This is the first record for Delaware and the Delaware Valley.


© Karl Lukens 2002
photographed at Cedar Swamp, DE

Best Locations:
This bird was found on December 31st, 2001 at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area, New Castle County, Delaware. It was still being seen through February 2002.

From Delaware Rt. 9, north of Woodland Beach, turn east onto Thoughfare Neck Road (Rd 491). That road ends at the intersection of Cedar Swamp and Collins Beach Road where a dirt road continues straight ahead.

Park in the small lot and walk the hedgerow along the dirt road beyond the sign for "Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area".