Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus
crinitus

The Great Crested is the only of the four Myiarchus flycatchers
that
would normally be found in the northeast, lessening the
identification
challenges presented by the group in parts of the west. The bright
underpart yellow shown above is characteristic of the species, as
are the
broad white tertial linings shown in the back view of the same
bird below.


This bird appears to be just fledged, with complete fresh
juvenal wing and tail feathers,
but still showing remnants of nestling down on its head and nape,
and a nestling's bright-colored
gape lining at the corner of its mouth. As with the
adult bird shown above, the broad white
tertial linings identify the species, the expected Myiarchus in
southern Ontario.