A short distance up the cañon of the west branch of Clear Creek, a new kind of flycatcher was first heard, and presently seen with my glass. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Rockies] Reference
I have to admit that I don’t know what kind of flycatcher they are although they’ve raised many clutches either on the shutter or in a nest a foot away from the back door. From Wordnik.com. [Backyard birding] Reference
This flycatcher, which is very common about. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
White-eyed slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri). From Wordnik.com. [East African montane forests] Reference
Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits — Tyrant-flycatcher —. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Scissor tailed flycatcher is one of my best life birds. From Wordnik.com. [Project Completion!!] Reference
Saw a squashed bullfrog and a dead flycatcher-type bird. From Wordnik.com. [Terminology] Reference
I saw a scissor-tailed flycatcher there for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [Belize Navidad] Reference
The photo shows the scissor tailed flycatcher the company makes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
Wait, it's the flycatcher who's looking for Al Gore, not the Red Sox. From Wordnik.com. [bird randomness] Reference
May you be alert to the birds of spring, such as the scissored-tail flycatcher in Dallas. From Wordnik.com. [RELIGION Blog | The Dallas Morning News] Reference
The Scissor-tailed flycatcher is a passing migrant and stays just a week or so in October. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Only one of these species, the Damar flycatcher (Ficedula henrici), is considered threatened. From Wordnik.com. [Banda Sea Islands moist deciduous forests] Reference
Outside the wooden hospital building, a collared flycatcher sang from a stand of silver birches. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore (1957: 69) recorded this flycatcher from Sabinas on April 12. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
Buffalo road is prime flycatcher habitat, and both Scissortails and Eastern Kingbirds were out in force. From Wordnik.com. [A birding trip] Reference
A male pied flycatcher sings from thirty feet up a tree, flitting from one side of the oak to the other. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
A light breeze stirred the aspens, and from somewhere nearby came the call of an olive-sided flycatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Without A Trace] Reference
According to at least some experts, the European Robin is now in the family Muscicapidae, an old world flycatcher. From Wordnik.com. [A birdbath mystery] Reference
I started to ask how she knew I was coming, but only managed to get the old flycatcher open before Shaggoth came out. From Wordnik.com. [Bitter Gold Hearts]
Just back from Africa, the flycatcher sang a thin but strong song, and his silvered notes were thrown like meltwater. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
For 20 minutes, we stood by a swampy pond, trying to home in on a small fluttering piratic flycatcher in the brambles. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Paradise] Reference
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a popular English prank was to invite gobemouches literally, a kind of flycatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
MacGillivray on this island in the year 1848, being described by its discoverer as “a new and handsome flycatcher.”. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
The island of Bongao still supports forests; an unidentified jungle flycatcher collected in 1973 has not been observed since. From Wordnik.com. [Sulu Archipelago rain forests] Reference
It turns out that a charismatic endangered bird — the southwestern willow flycatcher — is known to nest in the offending shrubs. From Wordnik.com. [Uncategorized Blog Posts] Reference
Ternate has a ground-thrush (Pitta) and a flycatcher; Banda has a pigeon, a shrike, and a Pitta; Ke has two flycatchers, a Zosterops. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago] Reference
I won't chase a rare warbler or flycatcher, but rare gull is a whole 'nother story, especially if it's a visitor from the high Arctic. From Wordnik.com. [Ivory Gull] Reference
The scissor-tailed flycatcher, eastern meadowlark, lark sparrow, and eastern and western kingbirds are indicator species of the region. From Wordnik.com. [Prairie Parkland (Subtropical) Province (Bailey)] Reference
And when there's a rarity like a black-tailed godwit or a fork-tailed flycatcher, the traffic jams on the refuge's one road are legendary. From Wordnik.com. [undiscovered] Reference
For example, the Northern beardless-tyrannulet not to be confused with the Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a comparatively plain little flycatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Live! Nudis! (toxic nudibranchs, that is)] Reference
One other bird species, the Angolan slaty-flycatcher (Dioptrornis brunneus) is also shared between this ecoregion and the Angolan scarp forests. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference
H. Dale Hall, director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, recounted a battle he had with Ms. MacDonald over the Southwest willow flycatcher, an endangered bird. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning the EPA in a bathtub causes toxic blowback.] Reference
A number of endemic avifauna is found here, including the yellow-shouldered amazon (Amazona barbadensis) and the Maracaibo tody-flycatcher (Todirotrum viridanum). From Wordnik.com. [La Costa xeric shrublands] Reference
The yellow-shouldered amazon (Amazona barbadensis) has a "vulnerable" status, and the Maracaibo tody-flycatcher (Todirotrum viridanum) has a "near threatened" status. From Wordnik.com. [La Costa xeric shrublands] Reference
Two montane bird species are classified as threatened: the endangered Lompobattang flycatcher (Ficedula bonthaina) and the vulnerable Matinan flycatcher (Cyornis sanfordi). From Wordnik.com. [Sulawesi montane rain forests] Reference
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