Scissor-tailed Flycatcher by CavalierLady

Photography • Animals • posted on May 04, 2015

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Description

The lovely and elegant Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, who makes its home in the south central U.S. states, sports a beautiful extra long forked tail that is most conspicuous when it is flying. A deceptively gray color with bits of salmon pink, it shows it's brilliantly bright orange-red underwing patches when it flies. They are extremely agile using the open scissor-tail technique to make wondrous twists and turns as they catch insects in midair. They like open areas and can often be found perching on fences, poles, and tree branches as they scan the fields and pastures for insects. I've been playing cat and mouse with these guys for weeks, even lost my 1.4x teleconverter when I drove off leaving it on the rear bumper. Argh! Will post a flight shot soon. Clearer in zoom. Thank you for your views and comments, very much appreciated.

Comments (22)

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miwi

6:41AM | Mon, 04 May 2015

Wonderful capture of this beautiful bird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Juliette.Gribnau

7:15AM | Mon, 04 May 2015

what a lovely and beautiful bird !!! wonderfully captured

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Richardphotos

7:34AM | Mon, 04 May 2015

. very beautiful with it's yellow gold feathers. superb capture

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bodo_56

7:47AM | Mon, 04 May 2015

What a beautiful bird! Wonderful, well composed image!

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

7:57AM | Mon, 04 May 2015

Oh Tex, sorry about your 1.4. Not a cheap mistake to make. Mine stays all the time onto the 70-200, even though I have caps and that for it, I just never seem to take it off. I hope you will be able to replace it. What a cracking shot of this most beautiful bird. Keen to see the in flight.

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MrsRatbag

9:14AM | Mon, 04 May 2015

Incredible capture, so perfect; I've never seen them before!

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QuietRiot

10:09AM | Mon, 04 May 2015

These guys are all over my south pasture, but never come near the house yard. Fantastic birds, aren't they?

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sossy

10:13AM | Mon, 04 May 2015

what a wonderful detailed cutie and marvelous capture! sitting on the wire gives the image an impressive contrast! thx for the info! ;o)

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jayfar

1:00PM | Mon, 04 May 2015

I knew this pic would be a stunner before I opened it and I wasn't disappointed.

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durleybeachbum

2:38PM | Mon, 04 May 2015

What a beauty of a pic! I look forward to a flight photo.

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awjay

3:24PM | Mon, 04 May 2015

excellent

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bakapo

3:31PM | Mon, 04 May 2015

he's such a pretty bird. nice shot!

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kaward

4:57PM | Mon, 04 May 2015

Top Class shot! A new bird to me being in the UK. The 1.4 x is a sad loss they don't come cheap!

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-seek-

5:58PM | Mon, 04 May 2015

very artistic comp ... looking beyond the bird.

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danapommet

6:06PM | Mon, 04 May 2015

A very streamlined bird - built for speed. A lovely photo and zoom!

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goodoleboy

7:05PM | Mon, 04 May 2015

Wow, what cool focus in this sensational shot of the elegant swellegant Flycatcher, Maria, sporting a tail longer than its bod. What a beauty. Sorry about your teleconverter. If it's any comfort, I've lost many things in my haste and carelessness when out on photo shoots.

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