Right about now, songbirds in Brazil are shifting on their perches, feeling mysterious impulses that will soon make them leap off their branches and head toward Alaska. One of these birds is the olive ...

Beth Grassi For the News-Miner Jun 2, 2017 Jun 2, 2017 FAIRBANKS — With reports of olive-sided flycatchers at Tanana Lakes and the Goldstream Valley peat ponds this past week, it seemed like a good ...

FAIRBANKS — Olive-sided flycatchers may not catch the attention of most people, but their return to the Interior this past week is an event Alaska Department of Fish and Game regional wildlife ...

To follow an olive-sided flycatcher, first you have to catch it. By Emily Anthes For an olive-sided flycatcher, migration can be a marathon. Some of the soot-colored songbirds travel more than 15,000 ...

Mnemonics help to remember bird names. For example, the chickadee is a well-named species, its call sounding like “chicka-dee-dee-dee.” The olive-sided flycatcher has a bit more flair to its famed ...

David Allen Sibley's Guide to Birds lists 37 species of flycatchers in North America, 17 of which might be seen in Arkansas. The scissor-tailed flycatcher is just one. This family of birds, known as ...

This spring and summer, I’ve been exploring many of the migratory birds that visit us during the nesting season, including the swallows, our summer warblers and three diverse members of the cardinal ...

For an olive-sided flycatcher, migration can be a marathon. Some of the soot-colored songbirds travel more than 15,000 miles a year, winging their way from South America to Alaska and then back again.

The Olive-sided flycatcher’s body is grayish and the white belly has greenish-gray flanks, but the olive color on the sides can be difficult to see. The darker flanks do give the olive-sided a ...

David Allen Sibley's Guide to Birds lists 37 species of flycatchers in North America, 17 of which might be seen in Arkansas. The scissor-tailed flycatcher is just one. This family of birds, known as ...