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Tyrannus forficatus
Adult birds have pale gray heads and upper parts, light underparts, salmon-pink flanks, and dark gray wings. Their extremely long, forked tails, which are black on top and white on the underside, are characteristic and unmistakable. At maturity, the bird may be up to 14.5 inches (37 cm) in length. Immature birds are duller in color and have shorter tails. A lot of these birds have been reported to be more than 40 cm.
open shrubby country with scattered trees
Oklahoma's state bird
Spotted on Jun 5, 2010
Submitted on Jan 5, 2012
9 Comments
Good shots!
wuaauu,beautiful spot,whith that photo in first place you are going to have douzens of like's:-)i saw the spot 2 or 3h ago and by the photo that was showed in the home page did'nt take my atencion and now whith the Karen like apears again in the home page,i thougt it was another spot:-)
For this series I just sat in my car, shooting out the driver window. I watched as this bird fluttered off the fence multiple times to chase after insect prey. It was a wonderful experience.
Wonderful grate shots.
beautiful!!
welcome to project noah !
Stunning photo - you did right to make this one the main image!
Thanks. I made the change! :-)
beautiful series !!
you should put the 3rd pic as the main pic ,its absolutely stunning!
beautiful series !!
you should put the 3rd pic as the main pic ,its absolutely stunning!