RJP wrote: Howard, Fork-tailed Flycatchers breed in Central and South America. Some sub-species migrate in the southern hemisphere (from south to north as their winter approaches). Vagrants to the U.S. in our spring (their fall) are considered overshoots (like WAY WAY overshoots) on this migration. Normally, though, the very few that even get here don't go into the interior of
RJP wrote: Our birding group had the great good fortune today of getting to see a FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER in Indiana approximately 3 hours after it was first located. We were out birding early in the morning when we got the call, and we high-tailed it straight over to see this very accomodating bird. This bird was a first state record for Indiana. It was a first year bird, retaining
On Wed, 7 May 2008 12:34:23 -0400, "3Putt from CoastalSouth Carolina" <3putt@PawleysIslandSC> wrote: Every spring we have a pair of these flycatchers return to a nearby dead oak tree. They use an old hollowed out hole in the tree as a nest. This year the wife put out a large amount of her hair as nesting material for the birds, and this flycatcher has been stopping by for the past several
On 23 Apr, 08:49, Bobby <bob...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: On 23 Apr, 08:46, Bobby <bob...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: On 21 Apr, 22:01, "paulnh" <pau...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: I have been observing a bird at my feeders over the last few days. It looks like a robin but its bigger and it is feeding off the seed feeders. I always have a robin in residence at my
