Flycatchers are a very large and diverse assortment of birds whose diet is primarily flying insects. Some also eat insects on the ground, and migrating flycatchers may eat fruit. Several ash throated ...

If you pass by a fenced pasture with scattered trees and shrubs on a summer day, you may see a slender, light gray bird with dark wings perched on the fence or a telephone line. Suddenly, the bird ...

A pair of scissor-tailed flycatchers takes up residence every spring at the same spot along a road near my college in northern Harris County. Migratory songbirds claiming nesting territory at an exact ...

From license plates and murals to parks and landmarks, the scissor-tailed flycatcher is almost everywhere except on a branch. Where can you see Oklahoma's state bird? Despite their captivating beauty ...

Scores of scissor-tailed flycatchers are lining up on power lines, fences and trees before they head to Latin America for the winter. The handsome birds, which bred in Texas, assembled in August and ...

David Allen Sibley's Guide to Birds lists 37 species of flycatchers in North America, 17 of which might be seen in Arkansas. The scissor-tailed flycatcher is just one. This family of birds, known as ...

FORT SILL, Okla. -- When the creator decided to make a flycatcher with a stupendously long, forked tail, it showed the Big Guy had a sense of humor. If you watch the scissor-tailed flycatcher's sky ...

Male and female Scissor-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus) exhibited sexually dimorphic foraging patterns during the breeding season. Males foraged from higher perches and were less successful ...

Scissor-tailed flycatchers rank among the most elegant and easily recognizable songbirds in Arkansas and all of North America. With extremely long tails and peachy-rose breast color that peeks out ...

A plain little bird is drawing flocks of human admirers to the trees around Mrak Hall. It is a scissor-tailed flycatcher, a species typically seen only a few times a year in the entire state, and ...

The official State Bird of Oklahoma is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, which most should recognize since it was depicted on the 2008 Oklahoma quarter and is on the current license plate. It’s a ...