When people put out a bird house, it’s usually to help bluebirds, but other kinds of birds will occasionally move in and take advantage of a nicely built wooden nesting box, too. Tree swallows like ...

A great crested flycatcher appears to have nesting material in its bill. It is perched on a tree limb near Kathy Greider's Beaufort County backyard. Submitted photo Birdwatchers often traipse all ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...

Quick whistled notes — “weeeUP-weeeeER” — ring out from within the dense, green foliage of a tree canopy during my morning walk through the neighborhood. I can hear the birdsong clearly, first in this ...

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 ...