He is just cute

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I really need to get a longer lens as with birds like this I crop way too much, this is pretty much a 100% crop (at least the lens is sharp), 1.3mpx of 10.1. I wanted to ask those with better identification knowledge which type of fly catcher is this, Alder? I liked the bird as with the soft filtering light of the canopy he looked really cute. Also the background has nice colors. I did clean up a branch and there are(were) two catchlights in his eye (probably a branch got in between the sun and the bird) so I cleaned one out and left the bigger one.

1DmrkIII, Canon 300/2.8 L IS with x1.4TC (should have used the x2), F/5.6, ISO500, 1.3mpx of 10.1, John Heinz Wildlife Refuge, 2014

The best way to identify alders is by their song! I am not the greatest birder but I don't think this is a flycatcher. I will let the pros do the ID.:w3
Nice colorful BG and the IQ has held up remarkably well.The eye looks great and the dappled light is nice.
Gail

Remarkable IQ despite the 100% crop. I like blue and green BG, and trhe subject gave you a nice head turn. This definitely in the flycatcher family. Do you roughly recall it's size? Sparrow sized, robin sized? Looks like a young bird with the buffy-orange wing bars...I'm going to guess a very young Eastern Phoebe.

Awesome image Dvir. I like the spotlight effect on the eye and the pose is cool. Very nice image. TFS.

Yeah, he was rather small, though bigger than a sparrow for sure, less than a robin. I can see it being an Eastern Phoebe, although, like you say, very young because they change and don't have as much color in the wing later on.