English: Great Kiskadee

 Japanese: kibara ootairancho

 Latin: Pitangus sulphuratus

 Date: 21/JUL/2002

 Location: Missouri Street Church, Baytown, Texas

 Size: L = 25cm, WS = 38cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 

  English: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

 Japanese: enbi tairanchou

 Latin: Tyrannus forficatus

 Date: 21/JUL/01

 Location: Galveston, Texas

  TOP: Mother 

 This bird and the one below were both feeding the chicks. Tail is significantly shorter than the male's. 

 

 

 

 

 CENTER: Father

 

 

 

 

 BUTTOM: A parent feeding chicks

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 

 

 English: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

 Japanese: embi tairanchou

 Latin: Tyrannus forficatus

 Date: 21/JUN/2003

 Location: Katy, Texas

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Notes: These are very young Scissor-tailed Flycatchers.  Their tails barely have forks. I saw at least 10 of these juvenile birds on Porter Road End near FM 529.

 English: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

 Japanese: embi tairanchou

 Latin: Tyrannus forficatus

 Date: 14/JUN/2003

 Location: Katy, Texas

 Size: L = 38cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Notes: This must be a fledging Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.  Both parents still bring food to the young. Note the length of the tail. Can you estimate the age of the chick by the tail length?

 English: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

 Japanese: embi tairanchou

 Latin: Tyrannus forficatus

 Date: 29/APR/01

 Location: Katy, Texas

 Size: L = 38cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 

 English: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

 Japanese: embi tairanchou

 Latin: Tyrannus forficatus

 Date: 05/MAY/01

 Location: Katy, Texas

 Size: L = 38cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 English: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

 Japanese: embi tairanchou

 Latin: Tyrannus forficatus

 Date: 1/JUN/2003

 Location: Katy, Texas

 Size: L = 38cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 

 English: Vermilion Flycatcher

 Latin: Pyrocephalus rubinus

 Japanese: benitairanchou

 Date: 27/DEC/2002

 Location: Katy, Texas

 Size: L =  15 cm, WS =  25 cm

 Photo by Wayne Nicholas

 English: Vermilion Flycatcher

 Latin: Pyrocephalus rubinus

 Japanese: benitairanchou

 Date: 20/OCT/2002

 Location: Katy, Texas

 Size: L =  15 cm, WS =  25 cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 

  English: Eastern Phoebe

 Japanese: tsukihime haetori

 Latin: Sayornis phoebe

 Date: 1/DEC/2002

 Location: Katy, TX

 Size: L = 18cm, WS = 27cm

 Photo by Wayne Nicholas

  English: Eastern Phoebe

 Japanese: tsukihime haetori

 Latin: Sayornis phoebe

 Date: 27/OCT/2001

 Location: Arthur Storey Park, Houston, TX

 Size: L = 18cm, WS = 27cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

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