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tblue37

(68,436 posts) Fri Jul 22, 2022, 10:41 PM Jul 2022

Amazing bird: A male royal flycatcher--

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Amazing bird: A male royal flycatcher-- (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2022 OP

The Carmen Miranda of birddom !!! Karadeniz Jul 2022 #1

I get yellow bellied flycatchers here. Nothing like that guy but cool to watch. They are the only brewens Jul 2022 #2

Wow! Spectacular bird! I've never seen one! Twitter reply: Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #3

Gorgeous bird!!! Fla Dem Jul 2022 #4

Karadeniz

(24,746 posts)

1. The Carmen Miranda of birddom !!!

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Fri Jul 22, 2022, 10:45 PM

Jul 2022

brewens

(15,359 posts)

2. I get yellow bellied flycatchers here. Nothing like that guy but cool to watch. They are the only

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2022, 10:59 PM

Jul 2022

birds around here that will land in the middle of a chain link fence, they are that small.

You can make them out clearly despite their tiny size because two white stripes on their wings flash as they twist and turn. It's almost like watching a cross between a butterfly and hummingbird.