Long ago, I worked in my father's landscape business as a designer. Drafting plans that matched the interests of our clients and drawing images that helped the homeowner visualize their personal ...

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. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL ...

Anyone who has spent any time birding will understand that certain birds are more difficult to find than others. Anyone who has spent a lifetime birding will understand that certain species are ...

To reach Beverly Fleming, call 824-4423 or email [email protected]. A pair of Great Crested Flycatchers (Myiarchus crinitus) have taken up residence in the martin house by the pond on the upper ...

Flycatchers are members of a big North American bird family, 21 species, many relatives. If they had a reunion some probably would need name tags so they could tell one from another. Identification ...

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’ ...

No sooner had I stepped outside at dawn to pick up the newspaper than a migratory bird’s singular song rang out from an oak tree across the street. The song wasn’t as melodic as the tunes of songbirds ...

The great-crested flycatcher cannot be called a conspicuous bird, but nor is it shy. The least conspicuous part of the flycatcher is the crest. It’s seldom seen, except by other flycatchers, who see ...

William Johnson photographed a great crested flycatcher gathering nesting material in his backyard in Thoroughgood in Virginia Beach. “She is perched on the songbird nesting cage we filled with ...

Tammy Woodell sent a picture of a great crested flycatcher picking berries from a neighbor’s bush in Pocahontas Village. Flycatchers have a slight crest on their head that they raise when alarmed, and ...