More often heard than seen, a great crested flycatcher is a master insect-catcher of the high canopy. Here's how to spot this ...

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

Further complicating the location and photography of the great crested flycatcher is the species’ choice of nesting location. These guys, like many other species, look for old woodpecker nest cavities ...

Readers of the 'empid' guide will find a familiar format in its pages: a helpful contents page allowing quick reference to comparable species; an introduction and phylogeny (their closest relatives ...

During my foraging foray, I heard three or four ruffed grouse drumming and an abundance of songbirds, including American goldfinch, great-crested flycatcher, Nashville warbler, song sparrow, least ...

A great crested flycatcher as seen in spring. ... They range in size from small to medium to large. Among the small ones (5-6 inches long) are wood peewees, least flycatchers, ...

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.

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, it scares ...

Bank swallow, barn swallow, black swift, chimney swift, cliff swallow, common nighthawk, eastern phoebe, eastern wood-pewee, olive-sided flycatcher, western wood-pewee, Acadian flycatcher, dusky ...

Great Crested Flycatcher range (Graphic from Bing Images; click for larger graphic) Flies and spiders make up a small percentage of their diet as they prefer larger prey, ...

Local species that would fall into this group include the great-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), which I would characterize as permanently perturbed and the eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), ...