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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes, hanging a simple bird feeder in your yard won't cut it. Attracting specific bird species to your garden often ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We all have things that we call favorites: our favorite candy, our favorite song, our favorite movie. As much as I love all of nature, I am no different when it comes to certain animals. While growing ...

As I sat drinking coffee on the porch shortly after 6 a.m. one recent morning it was obvious that we were in for another hot day. But this is normal when June turns to July, and at least that morning ...