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Scissor Tailed Flycatcher With Long Tail Perched In Tree

Last week ended with a fantastic day photographing scissor-tailed flycatchers. These migrants travel all the way around the Gulf of Mexico from Oklahoma and Texas to spend the winter here. They like open areas like farmland. We found them around the strawberry fields southeast of Tampa. They are beautiful birds that are fun to watch […]

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Scissor Tailed Flycatcher Perched On Wire Looking Back

Thanks to my good friend Art Nadelman, I was able to locate a recent migrant to the area. Scissor-tailed flycatchers are found mainly in Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico. Occasionally their winter migration route to southern Central America takes them a little off course and they can end up here in Florida. They’re fun to watch […]

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