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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees–A Field Guide Review

April 4, 2023 by Donna 2 Comments

The first thing to note about the Field Guide to North American Flycatchers is the subtitle: Empidonax and Pewees. No Kingbirds, no Phoebes, no...

Trips

The Things We Do For Birds

November 2, 2020 by Corey 3 Comments

Late Sunday afternoon I was relaxing at home trying to recover from my early awakening due to having turned back the clock one hour...

Birds

Male Vermilion Flycatchers Are Amazing

January 13, 2020 by Corey 2 Comments

Sure, I had heard the hype. Vermilion Flycatchers are amazing! Vermilion Flycatchers are gorgeous! Vermilion Flycatchers make Scarlet Tanagers look like doodoo! But, sadly,...

Birds

A Western Kingbird at Jones Beach

November 4, 2019 by Corey 1 Comment

This past Saturday morning I was out at Jones Beach birding all morning with my good friends Seth and Mary, who had dragged me,...

Birds

Ash-throated Flycatcher

January 11, 2017 by Tom Brown 2 Comments

During my formative birding years, growing up in the high altitude desert of Eastern Oregon, flycatchers were just a really cool sounding bird, found...

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet on a bare branch

Birds

What’s in a Name: Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

May 6, 2016 by Carrie 2 Comments

Once you eliminate the risque jokes (I know, I know, but it’s a family blog) the Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet might have the most comical name...

Birds

First Phoebe of 2016

March 21, 2016 by Corey 4 Comments

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2016 on 18 March at Kissena Park, thus kicking off spring for myself two days early....

Birds

Vermilion Flycatcher in Colusa County California

February 10, 2016 by Larry 3 Comments

The Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) is usually found near the US – Mexican border but we were fortunate this year to find an adult male...

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