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 ...

(KRQE) – A New Mexico songbird will remain an endangered species despite pushback from industry groups. A petition was filed in 2015 saying the Willow Flycatcher was not endangered. The US First and ...

Sixteen people expressed individual versions of gasps, oohs and aahs when the bird left the post and spread its tail as it flew an arc before settling back on the post. That’s what flycatchers do: ...

Flycatchers in the genus Empidonax are among the most difficult avian taxonomic groups to identify to species. Observers often rely on calls or songs in the field or detailed morphometrics in the hand ...

The 64th Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s (AOS) Check-list of North American Birds, published today in Ornithology, includes numerous updates to the classification of North American ...

A new, well-done field guide to flycatchers from University of Princeton Press covers 16 of the more than 400 species of flycatcher found in the world, including three of Minnesota’s common ...

A federal court upheld the southwestern willow flycatcher’s protection under the Endangered Species Act following a lawsuit by the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. The cattle growers challenged ...

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 ...

A small, brown-feathered Southwestern willow flycatcher songbird perches on a tree branch. (Pacific Southwest Region USFWS/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) (CN) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

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 ...

PHOENIX— In response to a petition from the extreme private-property rights group the Pacific Legal Foundation, the Trump administration today determined that the southwestern willow flycatcher should ...

A rare sighting brought a flock of birders from around the state to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Collier County this week. Early Thursday morning, about 20 people were standing on a boardwalk in the ...