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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

Small, flycatcher-like perching bird, blue-gray upperparts, white underparts, prominent white eye-ring. Wings are dark. Black tail is long and white-edged. Forages in thickets, trees and shrubs for insects, their eggs and larvae. Weak fluttering flight on shallow wing beats.

Habitat:

Small trees along the edge of the spillway dropoff at Belton Lake.

Notes:

A small group of these guys flew into the tree right next to me, then took off again.

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