Scissor-tailed Flight
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Scissor-tailed Flight
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
One of my favorite birds to watch in Texas is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) seen here in flight foraging at Choke Canyon State Park near Three Rivers, Texas.
Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are slender, stout-billed kingbirds with very long, stiff, deeply forked tails. Males have longer tail feathers than females and immatures.
On the southern Great Plains, this beautiful bird is common in summer, often resting on roadside fences and wires. Seen perched at a distance it might suggest a slim, long-tailed Mockingbird -- until it flies, showing off the salmon-pink under the wings, its long tail streamers flaring wide as it maneuvers in mid-air to catch an insect.
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February 14th, 2021
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Comments (109)
Rachel Morrison
Super beautiful bird and shot in flight! Congratulations on your win in the Adult Birds with Wings Open contest! Voted!
Conni Schaftenaar
congrats, Jurgen, on your 2nd place win in the Adult Birds With Their Wings Open contest! gorgeous capture!
Judi Dressler
Congrats on your win in the ADULT BIRDS WITH THEIR WINGS OPEN contest, Jurgen! Love the wide-open pose!
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your winning 2nd Place in the contest… ADULT BIRDS WITH THEIR WINGS OPEN! F/L
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Jurgen, on your Win in the Adult Birds with their Wings Open Contest for this wonderful photograph! Voted. L/F
Siene Browne
CONGRATULATIONS! You are the Second Place Winner of the WONDER of WINGS 'ADULT BIRDS WITH THEIR WINGS OPEN' Contest.
Captured by Trina M
Wow... what an amazing shot. I've never seen a Scissor tail up close. Excellent Capture!
Bernadette Krupa
Jurgen, perfect capture of "Scissor-tailed Flight"! Congrats on multiple Features - Birds in Focus, A Birding Group and Wildlife ONE A DAY!! L/F
Morris Finkelstein
Congratulations on your third place finish in the Nature In Square Format contest! F/L
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Jurgen, on your Win in the Nature in Square Format Contest for this beautiful photograph! L/F
Brian Morefield - Prose Imagery
Wow! An amazing in-flight capture of the Flycatcher Jurgen! The perfect illustration of the bird's unique attributes!
Brian Tada
Gorgeous in-flight avian capture, Jurgen! Congratulations on your Special Feature in the Camera Art Group! F/L
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your camera art has been nominated as a Special Feature by a fellow artist Camera Art member for your superb art in Camera Art Group!! You are invited to post your art in the "Special Feature Archive Discussion" in the Camera Art group. Please share the love by nominating a fellow artist whose work is in Camera Art You can do that in the specific "Artist Special Feature Archive” discussion in the Camera Art Group.
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