Western Flycatcher

Synopsis: Nests mainly west of the Cascade crest, and more locally eastward in more extensive riparian and dense lowland forests. Most notable are the records from Grant, Baker, Harney, Malheur, eastern Crook, and eastern Wheeler Counties. For purposes of this atlas project, no attempt was made to separate Cordilleran from Pacific-slope Flycatcher because of the unreliability of field identification by sight or song.

Habitat Associations:
strongest
Sitka Spruce-W. Hemlock Maritime Forest (402570 acres)
Douglas Fir-W. Hemlock-W. Red Cedar Forest (6603975 acres)
Douglas Fir-White Fir/Tanoak-Madrone Mixed Forest (1114760 acres)
Douglas Fir dominant - Mixed Conifer Forest (2531913 acres)
Red Alder (125162 acres)
Mixed Conifer/Mixed Deciduous Forest (1428540 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Mixed Deciduous Forest (200392 acres)
strong
Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (316076 acres)
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (1480066 acres)
Shasta Red Fir-Mountain Hemlock Forest (54084 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (387513 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (1852024 acres)
Jeffery Pine Forest/Woodland (53780 acres)
Conifer Woodland on Serpentine Bedrock (51874 acres)
Douglas Fir-Mixed Deciduous Forest (2934 acres)
Douglas Fir/White Oak Forest (196688 acres)
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (3198208 acres)
Ponderosa Pine/White Oak Forest & Woodland (131507 acres)
South coast Mixed Forest (2888 acres)
Western Oregon Riverine Woodland (27749 acres)
some
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (285835 acres)
Edges of Cropland/Pasture/Orchard (4446992 acres)
Lake/Pond Shoreline & Islands (444459 acres)
Streamside/Wetland Shrubland (2171 acres)
lesser
Subalpine Fir-Lodgepole Pine Montane Conifer (480315 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-W. Juniper Woodland (120996 acres)
Ponderosa-Lodgepole Pine on Pumice (1176026 acres)
Subalpine Scattered Trees & Shrubs (68923 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (1714573 acres)

Relative Detectability: Easy to detect by its song, but difficult to confirm nesting.

Challenge: Search for additional nests in central and southern Klamath, and southwestern Wallowa County.