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As should be readily apparent from these pictures, male vermillion flycatchers are spectacularly
flashy birds of southwestern deserts and scrublands. During the breeding season they go out of their way to show off with high, flamboyant display flights advertised with twittering calls. Some of these photographs are of overwintering birds going about their business of catching small insects at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area near Riverside, California. Others were photographed at the Big Morongo Reserve in the California desert, in southeastern Arizona, and in Cali, Colombia. The female has much more subdued plumage, as can be seen in two images. Young males molting into adult plumage can look rather blotchy, as in some of these images. |
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