{"id":114813,"date":"2023-07-29T04:17:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T10:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=114813"},"modified":"2023-07-29T04:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T10:46:31","slug":"great-crested-flycatcher-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/07\/29\/great-crested-flycatcher-in-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Crested Flycatcher In Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I visited my friend Steve<\/span><\/a> in Arkansas, I was happy to hear<\/span><\/a>, see, and take a few Great Crested Flycatcher photos in his yard and at the refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Crested Flycatcher perched in an oak \u2013 Canon R7, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 4000, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I hadn’t been around Great Crested Flycatchers since I left Florida in 2009, so it was thrilling to see and hear them again. The first Great Crested Flycatchers I saw on my trip were at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. That flycatcher was near a Red-headed Woodpecker nest. The flycatcher was at a distance, and even though I took photos, the bird appeared very small in the frame.<\/p>\n

I could hear these flycatchers in Steve’s yard and caught glimpses of them flying by. Three days before I left Arkansas I was sitting on Steve’s deck with his Canon R7 in my hand when a Great Created Flycatcher flew in and landed on a dead branch in his oak tree.<\/p>\n

Of course I had to photograph it!<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Great Crested Flycatcher in Arkansas \u2013 Canon R7, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 6400, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe the Great Crested Flycatcher wasn’t as close to me as I would have liked, but I was still thrilled to have this bird in my viewfinder and to be able to take images of it. I’ve found this species to be a touch elusive, almost always hidden by leaves, and hard to get images of out in the open.<\/p>\n

Just one or two days later, while I was sitting on Steve’s deck focused on the birds at his feeders, one of the Great Crested Flycatchers flew in and landed on a nearby nest box. By the time I saw it and turned the camera towards the flycatcher, it had flown away. If I had been able to capture that image, the flycatcher would have filled the frame. Oh well.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good even when you miss the shot.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my tyrant flycatcher images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I visited my friend Steve in Arkansas, I was happy to hear, see, and take a few Great Crested Flycatcher photos in his yard and at the refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13950,27,14220,13951],"tags":[4004,4897,3808,4884,14222,6583,14221,5265,4104,5540,2315,4076,298,8018,13966],"class_list":["post-114813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-avian","category-great-crested-flycatchers","category-sebastian-county","tag-adult","tag-branch","tag-flycatcher","tag-flycatchers","tag-great-crested-flycatcher","tag-leaves","tag-myiarchus-crinitus","tag-oak","tag-perched","tag-pine","tag-summer-3","tag-trees","tag-tyrant-flycatchers-2","tag-urban","tag-yard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Great-Crested-Flycatcher-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-6261.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-tRP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129764,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/06\/23\/my-best-scissor-tailed-flycatcher-photos-so-far\/","url_meta":{"origin":114813,"position":0},"title":"My Best Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Photos – So Far","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I finally decided to share my best Scissor-tailed Flycatcher photos that I've taken since my move. 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