Least Flycatcher Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: The little Empidonax flycatcher I see the most around here. At least I think so. These guys are so hard to tell apart from other Empidonax flycatchers. The photo below is from the Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls, in May of 2005.

Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus


Least Flycatcher 1	Least Flycatcher 2	Least Flycatcher 3	Least Flycatcher 4
May 15th, 2005	May 15th, 2005	August 28th, 2010	May 26th, 2011
Outdoor Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Outdoor Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota
Profile of bird perched on a dead branch on a brisk spring morning	Flycatcher perched on budding out maple tree in the spring	Inquisitive looking bird responding to "pishing"	Vertical of flycatcher clinging to small branch

Least Flycatcher 5	Least Flycatcher 6	Least Flycatcher 7	Least Flycatcher 8
May 26th, 2011	May 26th, 2011	May 26th, 2011	May 16th, 2020
Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota
Flycatcher perched on edge of a dead branch	Bird foraging for insects on a branch	Head-on view of a bird on a sunny morning	View of the backside and over-the-shoulder look

Least Flycatcher 9	Least Flycatcher 10	Least Flycatcher 11	Least Flycatcher 12
May 16th, 2020	May 16th, 2020	May 11th, 2015	May 10th, 2020
Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Union Grove State Park, South Dakota	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota
Closeup of flycatcher with freshly caught caterpillar	Over-the-shoulder view of a bird on a branch	Green spring foliage in background with flycatcher	Bird perched on a branch in a flowering shrub

Least Flycatcher 13	Least Flycatcher 14	Least Flycatcher 15	Least Flycatcher 16
May 18th, 2020	May 18th, 2020	May 18th, 2020	May 23rd, 2020
Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota
Vertical of backside of flycatcher with head turn	Profile of flycatcher on a dead branch	Leucistic bird with odd "eyebrow" and other plumage features	Side view of flycatcher with fresh spring foliage in the background