The shortening days of late summer and autumn trigger the leaves of our deciduous trees to begin preparing for winter. As the ...

Upon meeting John Muir, the man who was to be his guide on a May 1903 trip into what would later become Yosemite National Park, President Theodore Roosevelt had a simple question: How does one ...

High in the canopy of eastern forests, great crested flycatchers (Myiarchus crinitus) swoop out from their perches, snagging flying insects from the air and plucking them from twigs and leaves. These ...

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 spring migration of flycatchers into Southwestern Ontario is an opportunity to test our attention to detail. While a few of these birds are easy to identify, others are notoriously difficult to ...

Willow flycatchers have set up territories in Mecklenburg County a handful of times but are still considered a local rarity. Jeff Lemons I made an early morning visit to the wetlands behind Pike’s ...