According to the list serves, a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is in the Arroyo Grande Creek area of San Louis Obispo County. This beauty is normally found in Texas and other parts of south central United States. Aside from giving the bird an elegant flourish, the forked tail helps this flycatcher make swift turns when it hunts insects.
(Photo by TexasEagle/Flickr Creative Commons)
By Daniela Ogden
February 19, 2013
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