FORT SILL, Okla. -- When the creator decided to make a flycatcher with a stupendously long, forked tail, it showed the Big Guy had a sense of humor. If you watch the scissor-tailed flycatcher's sky ...

If you pass by a fenced pasture with scattered trees and shrubs on a summer day, you may see a slender, light gray bird with dark wings perched on the fence or a telephone line. Suddenly, the bird ...

Mention Oklahoma to the people around you. Go ahead, say it: Oklahoma. OK, we're sorry about the acquaintance who immediately launched into an enthusiastic and painfully off-key rendition of "Oh What ...

The scissor-tailed flycatcher is the state bird of Oklahoma. It was illustrated on the 2008 Oklahoma quarter and on the current license plate. It’s a beautiful bird with a pearl-colored head, dark ...

Despite overcast skies, it is a great morning to see gulls, terns and shorebirds along Bryan Beach. We have made the trek to the little beach near Freeport on Saturday of Labor Day weekend. We aren't ...

A scissor-tailed flycatcher rests on a branch. It was early April, and I was camping near Roma at a small campground near the Rio Grande. Nestled in the southern Texas Plains just a few minutes’ drive ...

You may not think of grassland when you think of Alabama. But you’d be wrong: Alabama is home to prairie habitat, and along with it, some of its customary birds, like this one - the Scissor-tailed ...

Hundreds of bird enthusiasts are flocking to Johnson County Park to get a glimpse of a nesting bird native to Texas and rarely seen in Indiana. The scissor-tailed flycatcher, also known as the Texas ...