The Spring Migrants Continue to Arrive on the Tuolumne River: Ash-throated Flycatcher

I'm a little late on posting about one of our recently arrived migrants, seeing as how I first saw them on the Tuolumne Parkway Trail two weeks ago, but it has taken time to successfully photograph any of them. Today's migrant is the Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens).

 The Ash-throated Flycatcher is a denizen of the desert, rarely drinking water. They get their needed water from the bugs and spiders that they eat. They winter in Mexico and Central America and fly north to the western states as far north as Washington to breed. They're cavity nesters, utilizing the holes punched out by woodpeckers.