Ash-throated Flycatcher

Good Birds and Good Friends at Lust Road

January 21, 2018 -  There have been some great flycatchers reported there recently, most them fairly rare to Central Florida: Ash-throated Flycatcher, Vermilion Flycatcher, Western Kingbird.... The Ash-throated Flycatcher is a tease.... Read more

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Glorious Day at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive

January 14, 2018 -  We started the morning looking for the Ash-throated Flycatcher, who frequents the trees on the north side of the gate.... As we were driving off, we spotted the Ash-throated Flycatcher flying along the opposite side of the canal.... Read more

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Lifer Grasshopper Sparrow at Lust Road

January 22, 2017 - After a while I joined the birders who were stalking the Ash-throated Flycatcher, another rare bird who has been hanging out at Lust Road....  I'd photographed an Ash-throated Flycatcher only once before, at the Moccasin Island Tract near Viera Wetlands.... Read more

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Seeking the Ash-throated Flycatcher in Florida

January 10, 2014 - After visiting the nesting Great Blue Herons at Viera Wetlands before Christmas, Michael and I drove down the road to the Moccasin Island Tract to see a rare Ash-throated Flycatcher in Florida....  Ash-throated Flycatchers typically live in the western US, so this guy is a little far from home!...  Maybe…... Read more