{"id":753775,"date":"2016-01-09T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=5e3366b580a01361df1c622eb7dd27fb"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:03:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:03:44","slug":"vermilion-flycatcher-at-little-big-econ-wma-12312015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/vermilion-flycatcher-at-little-big-econ-wma-12312015\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermilion Flycatcher at Little Big Econ WMA, 12\/31\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, a Vermilion Flycatcher was found along the Little Big Econ River, very close to where it meets with the St. Johns River. This morning I decided to walk the Kilbee Tract of the Little Big Econ WMA to see if I could find it. It was a pretty easy walk to get to the spot.<\/p>\n

This particular individual is a female, and I have no photos of females, plus it was my first for Seminole County. It’s such a fantastic bird.<\/p>\n

After finding the flycatcher I decided to walk the shore of the Little Big Econ to look at the St. Johns. Unfortunately, there’s a fence prohibiting you from doing that. However, just walking the grassy and muddy areas next to the Econ was pretty wonderful.<\/p>\n

There were 23 Black-bellied Plovers, 4 Long-billed Dowitchers and an assortment of both species of yellowlegs. Other highlights were about 30 American Pipits and a “Krider’s” Red-tailed Hawk.<\/p>\n

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Vermilion Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vermilion Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vermilion Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can see my full eBird checklist here. I had 71 species on the morning. Here’s the path I took with the location of the flycatcher.<\/p>\n