High in the canopy of eastern forests, great crested flycatchers (Myiarchus crinitus) swoop out from their perches, snagging flying insects from the air and plucking them from twigs and leaves. These ...

The striking scissor-tailed flycatcher is an icon of Oklahoma and beyond. Learn about their nests, diet and more.

Loud but elusive, the great crested flycatcher challenges birders with its treetop nesting, dramatic calls and quirky habits — making it a tricky but rewarding species to spot or photograph.

Great crested flycatchers will probably look for the nests of northern flickers, red-bellied woodpeckers and even hairy woodpeckers that are located 30 to 50 feet off the ground.

With these noises, great crested flycatchers are sometimes nicknamed the “greeper” bird. Though large and loud, observing this bird may be a bit limited since it lives in the forests.

View Towhe Bunting; Small Green Crested Flycatcher (1830 - 1832) After John James Audubon; Engravings with aquatint and etching and hand-coloring on J.W. Whatman 1838 and 1836 paper (2); plate 19 3/8 ...

The flycatcher is one of a number of birds that line their nests with shed snakeskin because, a new study reports, it scares off... Main image, a great-crested flycatcher.

In the Ozarks, be on the lookout for the Least Flycatcher, American Redstart, Black-and-white Warbler and the Great Crested Flycatcher. On October 1, 2024, the Gateway Arch will turn the exterior ...

Local species that would fall into this group include the Great-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchuscrinitus), which I would characterize as permanently perturbed, and the Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe ...

Flycatchers are agile birds that come north to breed in summer, and a great-crested one stopped by the feeders.

Another springtime migration period has largely passed, but not before an estimated 40 million birds crossed over Savannah.

It climaxes in May with with the arrival of the neotropical migrants, birds such as Baltimore orioles, great-crested flycatchers and bay-breasted warblers that have traveled from Central and South ...