Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Description:

This gnatcatcher species measures 10–13 cm (3.9–5.1 in) and weighs only 5–7 g (0.18–0.25 oz).[2][3] Adult males are blue-grey on the upperparts with white underparts and have a long slender bill, long black tail and an angry black unibrow. Females are less blue without the unibrow. Both sexes have a white eye ring.

Habitat:

Jordan Lake woods

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

3 Comments

Maria dB
Maria dB 9 years ago

Thanks, Ava. Agustin, I liked that pose, too!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 9 years ago

Lovely series!

Love the stance on the first picture.

Maria dB
Spotted by
Maria dB

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Apr 27, 2014
Submitted on May 22, 2014

Related Spottings

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Nearby Spottings

Bronzed tiger beetle Northern water snake, males Bald eagle Osprey
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team