She was there, ever so briefly, the female Vermilion Flycatcher, poised on a branch in the morning light. Somewhat drab by comparison to her flashy male counterpart for whom the species gets its name because of his red-orange feathers. Vermilion is a red-orange pigment that was originally derived from the mineral cinnabar. She has a bit of color on her flanks but it is more a pale ochre than a bright vermilion.