That bird — a female Hammond’s flycatcher — now holds the title of the oldest known of its species. A few days ago, Robert Snowden of the Alaska Songbird Institute in Fairbanks felt his ...

Since May 28, the pine flycatcher has been seen and photographed daily. The female bird has nearly finished building a nest in an oak tree, according to online reports from birders, although no ...

They are not as numerous as cardinals, so spotting one is an exciting find for bird-watchers. One of the best places to see vibrant red vermilion flycatchers ... it is a female cardinal.

The female is duller but, like the male, has conspicuous white wing bars. The males are arriving back from West Africa and they go straight to the nest boxes, or tree holes where they wait outside.

Smaller numbers of the flycatchers spend winters along the Gulf Coast. The birds nosh on insects, and often target wetlands, where the bug buffet is well stocked. The Brewster flycatcher has been ...

In this initial study, they used the flycatcher species. The synthetic songs have now been shared— perhaps the sound of a bird's dreams. "During the past 20 years, I've worked on the physics of ...

For an olive-sided flycatcher, migration can be a marathon. Some of the soot-colored songbirds travel more than 15,000 miles a year, winging their way from South America to Alaska and then back again.

Since 2021, the same male flycatcher, identified by three distinct white dots on its black head, has returned to the garden each year, making 2024 its fourth consecutive visit. “The bird first ...