Today, I introduce you to just such a bird, the great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus). To be a little more transparent, I think I need to clarify one aspect of this particular bird. It is not ...

Today I introduce you to just such a bird, the great crested flycatcher (Myiarchuscrinitus). To be a little more transparent, I think I need to clarify one aspect of this particular bird.

Specifically, the great crested flycatcher can be your new best friend in keeping pests at bay. The great crested flycatcher ...

In appreciation of my presentations, one of the Midland garden clubs presented me with the gift of a nest box for great crested flycatchers. I secretly scrambled to learn what a great crested ...

One species that has returned after being absent for many years, is the great crested flycatcher, one of my favorite birds. I suspect that clearing the horse trail opened up the oak woodlands just ...

Main image, a great-crested flycatcher. Inset, a snake bares its fangs. The flycatcher is one of a number of birds that line their nests with shed snakeskin because, a new study reports ...

One of my favorite examples involves two very similar species of flycatcher — the great crested flycatcher and the ash-throated flycatcher. The former is a common woodland nester in our area.

known as the “tyrant flycatchers,” which all share a particularly big, bold and easily-perturbed temperament. Local species that would fall into this group include the great-crested flycatcher ...

One morning there was a great-crested flycatcher in the shrubs above the feeders. Flycatchers are agile birds that come north to breed in summer. But these birds with quick, buoyant moves that let ...

Reach him via Katie Rohman at [email protected]. A great crested flycatcher as seen in spring. Note the feathers on the head that make up the crest and note the yellow undersides.