Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scissor-tailed flycatcher perches on a fence near Lake Hefner. This state-honored bird migrates away from Oklahoma in the winter ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

We feared the show might end prematurely when a Cooper’s hawk torpedoed the scissor-tail, sending it dashing to the marsh for cover. But the hawk missed and returned several minutes later, flying ...

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 ...

FORT SILL, Okla. -- When the creator decided to make a flycatcher with a stupendously long, forked tail, it showed the Big Guy had a sense of humor. If you watch the scissor-tailed flycatcher's sky ...

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 ...

Oklahoma symbol: The scissor-tailed flycatcher was named Oklahoma’s state bird on May 5, 1951, A young pair: The tail of mature male scissor-tailed flycatcher is up to 30 percent longer than that of ...