The name “flycatcher” refers to the group’s ability to hunt for insects, and more often they hunt while in flight.

Then I saw it over my head, and I ran home to get my mom’s phone.” Seeing a nesting pair of Mississippi kites in the District ...

Migratory birds such as the pied flycatcher typically have wintering locations in Africa close to others from the same breeding population. That means that birds breeding in the Netherlands run into ...

I walked around outside our Two Rivers home early one morning, as I sometimes do. It was mid-May and we — that’s my wife, Julie, and me — were about ready to head to work. The birds had recently ...

The dusky Flycatcher prefers lower elevation conifer and aspen forests bordered by open shrubby areas. Photo by VJ Anderson (creativecommons.org/licenses) Flycatchers ...

The KUOW Book Club is reading "The Bird with Flaming Red Feet: Seasons with an Uncommonly Common Seabird" by Maria Mudd Ruth in June 2026. The KUOW Book Club is reading Maria Mudd Ruth's " The Bird ...

Some birds sing to attract a mate. Others dance or display colorful feathers. But in the moonlit forests and shrublands of northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, ...

This Saturday, May 9, is birding's biggest day. It is called Global Big Day, an annual 24-hour event in which thousands of people around the world help crowdsource sightings of birds for the Cornell ...

EVERETT — The Puget Sound Bird Fest will return to Edmonds for its 22nd year in June. Presented by the Pilchuck Audubon Society and the city of Edmonds, the festival will feature speakers, guided bird ...

Wildlife videographer and safari guide Rob the Ranger watches a small flycatcher bird bravely battling a green mantis in the wild. Trump intervenes as House GOP revolt puts SAVE America Act at center ...

TULSA, Okla. — Perhaps no Tulsan loves birds more than Mary Jackson. “I’d have to go ahead and go with Scissortail Flycatcher,” as her favorite, Jackson said, “Which is our state bird.” WATCH: LIGHTS ...