Only female flycatchers build nests, said Laurens Halsey, a Green Valley-based bird guide who saw the bird last week and said “thrill is rather an understatement” of his feelings about the ...

Top: Map of Spotted Flycatcher distribution change between 1970 and 2010. Grey squares signify no change in distribution (no gain or loss). Bottom: Index of Spotted Flycatcher population change in ...

This family is united by its method of finding food. Flycatchers typically sit on a perch, usually an exposed twig and sally forth, capturing an insect in mid-air. Their bill is relatively broad and ...

Glen Hvenegaard, a professor at the University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus in the department of science, recently co-authored a paper investigating the migration patterns of the Least Flycatchers ...

View Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Bird, Oklahoma (titled on verso (1985) By Balke Don; gouache and watercolor on board; 11 x 13 inches / 27 x 33 cm 19 x 21 inches / 48 x 53 cm ; Signed; . Access more ...

The peacock is famous for its radiant tail, but it’s not the only bird with a particularly well-constructed rear end. Here’s ...

In the last column, I wrote about birders "chasing a bird," which means going out of our way to see a rare or unusual bird. I wrote that chasing a rare bird no longer interested me partly because ...

This week’s featured creature is a bird, a common summer resident that may not be commonly seen. At least, that’s always been my experience. The great crested flycatcher makes a lot of racket ...

See pictures of a blue=gray gnatcatcher. Plus, find out where these small songbirds live, what they eat, and how they build nests.

Tucson Bird Alliance and volunteers have counted the stunning birds each spring in their only U.S. breeding stronghold.

Bird poop: not a topic most people take interest in. However, fascinating discoveries are being made from the feces of one slowly disappearing bird in the U.K. Researchers are analyzing pied ...