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tyrannus forficatus

  1. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male, diving for insects. Most likely they will all be gone for the winter by the second week of November.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brazos county bryan sandy point road scissor-tailed flycatcher sims lane cut-off texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  2. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • brazos center brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: North America
  3. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male landing.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brazos center brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  4. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) practicing the Texas Two-step for Saturday night’s dance. The star of the dance.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • brazos center brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  5. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Hunting

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Hunting

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male hunting low to the ground.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • brazos center brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  6. Western Kingbird and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Juveniles

    Western Kingbird and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Juveniles

    Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher(Tyrannus forficatus) youngsters testing their bravado. Their parents nested about 30 m (ca. 100 ft) apart in separate trees. They fledged at about the same time. These two would sit within a foot of each other in a tree in-between...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brazos center brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus tyrannus verticalis usa western kingbird
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  7. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male with Offspring

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male with Offspring

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) with his three offspring. Brazos Center, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Post Oak Savannah vegetation area. Open area west of the retention pond and Carters Creek at 84 m (276 ft) elevation. June 2024
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brazos center brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  8. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • brazos center brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  9. Scissor-tailed Flycatche, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatche, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • mumford robertson county scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus union bend road usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  10. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Female

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Female

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) female with a grasshopper.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • mumford robertson county scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus union bend road usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  11. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Fledgeling

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Fledgeling

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) fledgeling in a chainlink fence.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brazos county bryan rudder high school scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: North America
  12. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Female

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Female

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) female hunting. woodland between the retention pond and Carters Creek at 84 m (276 ft) elevation. May 2024
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa zos center
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  13. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Females Fighting

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Females Fighting

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Two females fighting over their territorial boundary.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • brazos center brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  14. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    One of my favorite birds perched on an irrigation spigot. An adult based on fresh pale fringing on wing coverts and tertials. Females average smaller than males and have shorter tails but there is overlap. However this one's tail is so long I feel confident it is an adult male. They are common...
    • jmorlan
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    • scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  15. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • mumford robertson county scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus union bend road usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  16. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) They are beginning to arrive. This one showed up the last day of March. About an average spring arrival time. I am always ecstatic to see them.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • northwest of mumford robertson county scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus union bend road usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  17. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bell county bell county expo center belton scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  18. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Male

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male. Its closing fast on the insect. I saw my last one about 2 1/2 weeks ago and now I wait anxiously for their return next spring.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • brazos county college station scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa veterans park and athletic complex
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  19. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • armstrong road bell county salado scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  20. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    • rezMole
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    • costa rica scissor-tailed flycatcher tyrannus forficatus
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  21. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    One of my favorite birds. An adult based on pointed outer primaries and fresh pale fringing on wing coverts and tertials. Females average smaller than males and have shorter tails but there is overlap. However the primary tips lack the strong emargination of adult males so I am provisionally...
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  22. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • brazos county college station scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa veterans park
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  23. Western Kingbird and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Female Hunting

    Western Kingbird and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Female Hunting

    Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) female. The Western Kingbird was perched on an infructescence of sour dock in a bahia grass field. The female scissor-tailed flycatcher flew up to the Kingbird and hovered for a couple of seconds and...
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • blinn college brazos county bryan scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus tyrannus verticalis usa western kingbird
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  24. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (female)

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (female)

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) female, short tail.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bell county salado scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  25. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (male)

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (male)

    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bell county salado scissor-tailed flycatcher texas tyrannus forficatus usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: North America
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