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The long tail gives these softly-colored FLYCATCHERS unsurpassed command of the air. At times they seem fully aware of their beauty — flaunting pink, red and gray colors in sudden gyrations, loops, zooms and nose dives which make an observer catch his breath, fearful that one of the swoops will hit the earth. They travel usually in pairs but as summer lengthens, small flocks gather. Toward evening these bands often seek a pool or stream and from bank shrubbery swing to the water, immersing the lower body in a curving dive. After all have washed there is a careful preening and they are ready for bed.
Indians long have held them sacred and even the Whites hesitate to hold a gun on such exquisite forms.
NEST: Located in bush or tree, usually in mesquite; constructed of stems, weeds, small twigs and lined with cotton.
EGGS: 4–6; creamy white, marked with chestnut and lilac.
Southwestern Missouri, western Arkansas, southern Kansas and Texas.
A tree up to 100 feet high, distributed in swamps from Virginia along the coast to central Florida; and thru the Gulf States to the valley of the Brazos River, Texas.