Today's featured feathered friend is the Great Crested Flycatcher. It is among the most abundant of the flycatcher species, which includes Pewees, Phoebes and Kingbirds.
Males and females are similar in appearance. This medium-sized flycatcher has a slim body, a large head with a big bushy crest and a large bill. It has warm brown upperparts, a gray lower face, throat, and upper breast with a bright yellow belly. They measure about eight inches in length, weigh almost 1.5 ounces and have a wingspan of around 13 inches. They also have two narrow white wing bars on each wing.
Like most flycatchers, their diet is predominantly insects, but they also eat fruits and berries. They usually hunt at tree top levels (the canopy). They will perch on a limb, fly out to catch an insect in mid-air and then return to the same perch. They are rarely found on the ground.
On it's summer range, they can be seen from the east coast to the Rocky Mountains and in the southern parts of several Canadian provinces. In the winter, they migrate south to Mexico, Cuba, Central America, the Caribbean and the northernmost parts of South America.
Enjoy these photos of the Great Crested Flycatcher.....tweet.....tweet!!
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| Great Crested Flycatcher (Taken 4/19/13, Coquina Baywalk at Leffis Key Preserve)\ (Anna Maria Island FL) |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher (Taken 3/21/12, in our neighborhood) |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher (4/28/13, Our Backyard) |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Crested_Flycatcher
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