Around 10:00 this morning, I got a text message from Lauren Harter saying that there was a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Rotary Park. The bird was first reported this morning by Chris McCreedy. I immediately grabbed my bins and camera and headed to Rotary Park, but made one quick stop to pick up Emily Sinnott on the way. Once we arrived at the park, I began scanning all of the light posts on the golf course and quickly found the bird perched on a large stone in the middle of the course. Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are rare migrants in the Lower Colorado River Valley. Here are my two best photos:
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Rotary Park on 5-20-2012
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Rotary Park on 5-20-2012
Reference: Rosenberg, K.V., R. D. Ohmart, W. C. Hunter, and B. W. Anderson. 1991. Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.