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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 - Empidonax minimus

Least Flycatcher 2 - Empidonax minimus

Least Flycatcher 3 - Empidonax minimus

Least Flycatcher 4 - 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 - Empidonax minimus

Least Flycatcher 6 - Empidonax minimus

Least Flycatcher 7 - Empidonax minimus

Least Flycatcher 8 - Empidonax minimus

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 - Empidonax minimus 

Least Flycatcher 10 - Empidonax minimus 

Least Flycatcher 11 - Empidonax minimus 

Least Flycatcher 12 - Empidonax minimus 

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 - Empidonax minimus 

Least Flycatcher 14 - Empidonax minimus 

Least Flycatcher 15 - Empidonax minimus 

Least Flycatcher 16 - Empidonax minimus 

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

Click here for the species description page for the Least Flycatcher

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