Olive-sided Flycatcher

Size: 7-8”
Description: Mostly gray with a dull-white chin, breast and belly.
Migratory Status: Summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Live in mature spruce-fir and Douglas-fir forests especially near steep slopes and cliffs to 11,500 feet.
Diet: Eat insects, especially bees, and forage by perching on dead tops and branches, catching prey on the wing and returning to the branch.

 

• Olive-sided Flycatcher (song)

  
  

  Olive-sided Flycatcher song recorded in Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Olive-sided Flycatcher (song and call)

  
  

  Olive-sided Flycatcher song and call recorded in Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Olive-sided Flycatcher (song)

  
  

  Olive-sided Flycatcher song recorded on the Sun Valley Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Olive-sided Flycatcher (song)

  
  

  Olive-sided Flycatcher song recorded on the Sun Valley Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020