scissor-tailed flycatcher

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) My first Scissor-tailed Flycatcher of 2021. They are back, yippee!

A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher spotted along a rural road outside San Antonio, Texas.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Center field of the Azle Junior High School Field and Track stadium. Azle, Tarrant County, Texas, USA. Urban area in the Fort Worth Prairie Vegetational Area at ca. 198 m (650 ft) elevation.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) It is always a treat when the numbers of these flycatchers are numerous. Lake Bryan, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Disturbed park-like setting in a disturbed Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area around the lake at ca. 119 m (390 ft) elevation.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. Coastal Prairie at 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Just outside of Mother Neff State Park, Coryell County, Texas, USA. Situated in the Lampasas Cut Plain Vegetational Area. Open tame pasture. Elevation 220 m (722 ft).

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Sexes similar. Lake Bryan, Lake Bryan Park, just northwest of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Manicured Park setting with remnant oak/elm/hackberry/yaupon woods at ca. 110 m (361 ft) elevation.

This bird had just returned to its perch on a barbed wire fence with the insect it had caught on the wing.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Sexes similar. It is so nice to have these fabulous birds back from their wintering grounds. Photographed near Moody, McLennan County, Texas, USA. Situated in the Backland Prairie Vegetational Area at ca 238 m (781 ft) elevation.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Male, sexes very similar but male has a longer tail than the female. This beauty is not wanting to migrate for some reason. Being in a severe drought one would think it would be anxious to go. Rivers Bend Park at Stillhouse Hollow Lake, Salado...

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Female, females look the same as males but with a shorter tail. Open manicured area with Post Oaks (Quercus stellata) at ca. 101 m (330 ft) elevation. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Juveniles. Open manicured area with Post Oaks (Quercus stellata) at ca. 101 m (330 ft) elevation. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Sexes similar but the male's tail feathers are ca. 30% longer than the female's. This male is taking flight. Open manicured area with Post Oaks (Quercus stellata) at ca. 101 m (330 ft) elevation. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Male, females look the same as males but with a shorter tail. It has been a bumper year for this species in the Post Oak Savannah. Open manicured area with Post Oaks (Quercus stellata) at ca. 101 m (330 ft) elevation. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA.

We found many of these Scissortail Flycatchers (a new species for me) in the fields next to the bayous in Galveston Texas. We were out looking for shorebirds and my wife noticed one of these on a wire and each time we went to the areas where the shorebirds were plentiful we found several of...

We took a wrong turn after leaving Laguna Atascosa NWR, but doing so gave us the only Scissor-tailed Flycatchers (lifer #317) we saw on the trip, a flock of three birds, of which this was one of them, on the telephone wire. Needless to say, our party stopped worrying about getting back on the...

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Sexes similar. Photographed in the city of Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA. Pineywoods Vegetational Area. Urban setting at ca. 113 m (370 ft) elevation.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Photographed northeast of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA in open pastureland dotted with post oaks at ca. 100 m (328 ft) elevation. It is hard to pass these beauties up! Though they breed here they are much more prevalent in spring and fall...

The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is an impressive bird, and we saw dozens on the trip.

There were three Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in this shot, but I confess I photoshop'd the third one out (behind the top one) for added drama!

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) This is a common breeding bird for us but it is always a joy to see, watch, and listen to. Photographed north of Raymondville in Kenedy County, Texas, USA.

Caught this photo of Scissor-tailed Flycatcher as he flew from his perch on a power line.

I have been seeing a lot of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in recent weeks and today, while at my lake cabin in North Central Texas, I was able to get several good photos of one of them that was perched on the power lines along the road.

This photo shows the longer tail of the Scissor-tail.