[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Olive-sided Flycatcher was photographed at the Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 23, 2009)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Olive-sided Flycatcher was photographed at Bonny Reservoir in eastern Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm ED f8.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: June 1986)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Olive-sided Flycatcher was photographed at Bonny Reservoir in eastern Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm ED f8.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: June 1986)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Olive-sided Flycatcher was photographed at Bonny Reservoir in eastern Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm ED f8.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: June 1986)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

This Pacific-slope Flycatcher (the Western race of the former Western Flycatcher) was photographed at a park near Cupertino, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1984)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This male Pied Flycatcher was photographed at Gilfach Kite Center, Rhayader, Wales. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 10 (Juv) to 15 (Male) in. Wingspan 15 in.]

Scissor-tailed Flycatchers get their name from the long, narrow tail feathers which trail behind them like streamers. They perch in conspicuous places such as on telephone and fence wires, from which they quickly dart out after their insect prey. They are handsome birds, with black wings, black tail feathers with white outer feathers, pearl-gray heads and breasts, and a salmon wash along the sides. The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is the state bird of Oklahoma. It is a common bird of the plains and grasslands there, as well as Texas to the south, Kansas and southern Nebraska to the north, and eastern Colorado and New Mexico to the west. This one was photographed as a fall vagrant in central New Jersey! Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64. (Date: October 1984)

[Length 10 (Juv) to 15 (Male) in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was photographed as a fall vagrant in central New Jersey! Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: October 1984)