I used to see scissortails in Texas in the Brazos Valley. Beautiful birds they are. I found the following on Wunderground.com
A male scissor-tailed flycatcher rests on a reed near the Arkansas River while watching for insect prey. They get their name from the long tail feathers that "split" in flight like scissor blades. The scissortails are now migrating to southcentral USA after wintering in Central America. The males arrive in the north before the females, which are colored similarly. Although found mainly in Texas (where they are called the 'Texas Bird of Paradise') and Oklahoma, they can also range east and west to neighboring states. Here in western Arkansas, we are fortunate to be a part of this colorful "spillover".
Friday March 31, 2006 — Russellville, AR
Canon Rebel XT & Canon 70- 300mm zoom
Terry L. McCormick
Terry's website -
http://www.coudy.com/Gallery/mccormick.htm
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