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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite overcast skies, it is a great morning to see gulls, terns and shorebirds along Bryan Beach. We have made the trek to the little beach near Freeport on Saturday of Labor Day weekend. We aren't ...

A scissor-tailed flycatcher rests on a branch. It was early April, and I was camping near Roma at a small campground near the Rio Grande. Nestled in the southern Texas Plains just a few minutes’ drive ...

The scissor-tailed flycatcher is the state bird of Oklahoma. It was illustrated on the 2008 Oklahoma quarter and on the current license plate. It’s a beautiful bird with a pearl-colored head, dark ...

Scissor-tailed flycatchers are ballet dancers of the sky, moving lithely through the air with long, streaming tails. But their sky dance isn't for show — it's a maneuver deadly to insects. The birds ...

Mention Oklahoma to the people around you. Go ahead, say it: Oklahoma. OK, we're sorry about the acquaintance who immediately launched into an enthusiastic and painfully off-key rendition of "Oh What ...