High in the canopy of eastern forests, great crested flycatchers (Myiarchus crinitus) swoop out from their perches, snagging flying insects from the air and plucking them from twigs and leaves. These ...

The great crested flycatcher has a particularly loud collection of vocalizations that are so distinctive that they are virtually impossible to confuse with any other local bird. If any species could ...

Knoxville resident Rebecca Boyd shared on Facebook on May 27 that she enjoyed seeing a new bird at her home. “Although the guide books say this is a common bird, ...

The great crested flycatcher will make eager use of a nest box. Barb Rogers/Wildlife Recovery Association Long ago, I worked in my father's landscape business as a designer.

There are 374 species of tyrant flycatchers in the world, only 35 of them in the western Hemisphere and 13 you might find at some time during the summer nesting season or in migration in Mid-Missouri.

The female great crested flycatcher looked to be doing most of the nest work, but the sexes look closely alike. About that crest: Peterson guides say the male often erects its crest.

On a cloudy day, after spending days, hours, weeks in my Thinking Chair, an adult great crested flycatcher just happened to perch on a dead branch where I could actually see it.

The melody was diagnostic. A great crested flycatcher was singing from the treetops. As usual, I couldn’t see the bird. Inhabiting the uppermost layers of the dense summer canopy, the species ...

A large, assertive flycatcher with rich reddish-brown accents and a lemon-yellow belly, the Great Crested Flycatcher is a common bird of Eastern woodlands.

Whenever I hear a great crested flycatcher, he seems to be saying “creeep,” as if he were offering a well-considered opinion from on high. As indicated in Elizabeth’s illustration great ...

The great crested flycatcher is probably singing at dawn in your neighborhood, too, as... Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo. Skip to main content. Subscribe. Local News. Houston; ...

Great Crested Flycatcher have migrated into the area. They will raise young and then return to wintering grounds in northern South America, Central America, or southern Mexico.