Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
updated 11/14: Flycatcher, Phoebe, Kingbird, Pewee, becard, beardless-tyrannulet

"Alder Flycatcher (Shenandoah NP, VA)",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Creek transact",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 4/10) Cattail Cove State Park, Arizona",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher(© Nick Viani 7/15) Manifest Music Festival, Centerville, WA",

"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 7/26) North Mountain Park Nature Center, Ashland, OR",

"Black-headed Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transects",

"Black-headed Phoebe, North Mountain Park",

"Black-tailed Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ",

"Black Phoebe",

"Black Phoebe",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani)"

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond. Note the band on right leg.",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Ashland, OR",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway - Ashland Transect A&B",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Crescent City, CA",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake State Wildlife Preserve",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani 2/13) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani 2/28) Colusa National Wildlife Area, CA",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani 3/7) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbry Transect",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR",

"Cassin's Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",

"Cassin's Kingbird (© Nick Viani 2/14) Bisbee, Arizona",

"Cassin's Kingbird (© Nick Viani 3/17) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Patagonia, Arizona",

"Cassin's Kingbird (© Nick Viani 4/1) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, TNC, Arizona",

"Cinnamon Becard (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Common Tody-flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Common Tody-Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Common Tody-flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Cordilleran Flycatcher - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Dusky-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/27) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Dusky-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/31) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, TNC, Arizona",

"Dusky-headed Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",

"Dusky-headed Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",

"Dusky Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Brain Family Residence, Chiloquin, OR",

"Dusky Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Brain Family Residence, Chiloquin, OR",

"Dusky Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Mountain Lakes area, Ashland, OR",

"Dusky Flycatcher - Wallowa State Park, Joseph, OR",

"Eastern Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Eastern Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Eastern Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",

"Eastern Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",

"Eastern Phoebe (© Nick Viani 1/22) The Celery Fields, Sarasota, FL",

"Eastern Phoebe (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",

"Eastern Phoebe (Shenandoah NP, VA)",

"Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) In the vicinity of Bunker Hill CG, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR",

"Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) In the vicinity of Bunker Hill CG, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR",

"Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) In the vicinity of Bunker Hill CG, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR",

"Flycatcher (Cradle of Forestry, NC)",

"Flycatcher (Shenandoah NP, VA)",

"Flycatcher (Shenandoah NP, VA)",

"Flycatcher - Wood River Wetlands",

"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",

"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",

"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Gray Flycatcher (© Nick Viani)"

"Gray Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona",

"Gray Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/11) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona",

"Gray Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Gray Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/7) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona",

"Gray Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/7) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona",

"Great-crested Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Great-crested Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 1/18) Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, FL",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani)",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Ditch trail in the vicinity of Paradise Lane.",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Ditch trail in the vicinity of Paradise Lane.",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Juanita Lake, Klamath National Forest, CA",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) River Walk Park, Ashland, OR",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Siskiyou Field Institute",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Siskiyou Field Institute",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Wildcat Campground, Hyatt Lake, OR",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Wildcat Campground, Hyatt Lake, OR",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 4/3) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Hammond's Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve, Ashland, OR",

"Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona",

"Nutting's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Nutting's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Nutting's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",

"Olive-sided Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Backside of Mt. Ashland, PCT. Note: this is the bird calling "Quick, three beers.,

"Olive-sided Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Mount Ashland flower trail, Pacific Crest Trail",

"Pacific-slope Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Pacific Slope Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 5/3) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR.",

"Say's Phoebe",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani)",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Malheur Field Station, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Maxwell Cemetery, CA",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Maxwell Cemetery, CA",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Medford Christmas Bird Count",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani 2/18) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona",

"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani 4/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbry transect.",

"Say's Phoebe - John Day Nat. Monument, Painted Hills Unit, OR",

"Say's Phoebe - John Day Nat. Monument, Painted Hills Unit, OR",

"Say's Phoebe - John Day Nat. Monument, Painted Hills Unit, OR",

"Say's Phoebe Hovering (© Nick Viani 2/25) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona",

"Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher - possibly (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area",

"Streaked Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/11) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Streaked Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Thick-billed Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",

"Torrent Tyrannulet (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Tropical Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Tropical Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Tropical Kingbird (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Tropical Kingbird (© Nick Viani 2/9) Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani)",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Maxwell Cemetery, CA",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Maxwell Cemetery, CA",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/14) Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/14) Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Arizona. Note: Appears to be a male Vermilion Flycatcher undergoing Preformative Molt.",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/19) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/26) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, AZ",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/9) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/9) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/9) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 3/25) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher - female (© Nick Viani 3/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher - female (© Nick Viani 3/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher - female (© Nick Viani 3/23) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher - female (© Nick Viani 3/29)",

"Vermillion Flycatcher - immature male (© Nick Viani 3/27) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Vermillion Flycatcher - on nest (© Nick Viani 4/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Western Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Barnes Warm Springs, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Western Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur Field Station, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Western Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Western Kingbird (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park",

"Western Kingbird - Farewell Bend CG, Huntington, OR (on the Snake River)",

"Western Wood-Pewee (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake, Wildcat Campground",

"Western Wood-Pewee (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake, Wild Cat CG",

"Western Wood-Pewee (© Nick Viani) Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR",

"Western Wood-pewee, Ashland Pond",

"Western Wood-Pewee - immature (© Nick Viani) Collier Day Use Area, Klamath Falls",

"Western Wood-Pewee - Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, (© Nick Viani)",

"Western Wood Peewee (© Nick Viani) Cabin Lake, Deschutes National Forest, OR",

"Western Wood Peewee (© Nick Viani 7/4) Wildcat CG, Hyatt Lake",

"Western Wood Peewee (© Nick Viani 7/4) Wildcat CG, Hyatt Lake",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Brain Family Residence, Chiloquin, OR",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Cadre Point Trail, Lake Earl Wildlife Area",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Lagoon Campground (near Florence, OR)",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) In the vicinity of Bunker Hill CG, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) In the vicinity of Bunker Hill CG, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Wildcat campground, Hyatt Lake",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Wildcat campground, Hyatt Lake",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Wildcat campground, Hyatt Lake",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Wildcat campground, Hyatt Lake",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani) Wildcat Campground, Hyatt Lake, OR",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani 6/24) Hyatt Lake region",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani 6/24) Hyatt Lake region",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani 9/22) Ashland Greenway, while participating with the Bear Creek Community Bird Survey (BCCBS)",

"Western Wood Pewee (© Nick Viani 9/22) Ashland Greenway, while participating with the Bear Creek Community Bird Survey (BCCBS)",

"Willow Flycatcher",

"Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) - Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada

"Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Backyard birds in Paradise, OR",

"Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 6/2) Rocky Point Resort, Klamath Falls, OR",

"Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 6/3) Rocky Point Resort, Klamath Falls, OR",

"Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 6/3) Rocky Point Resort, Klamath Falls, OR",

"Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 8/19) North Mountain Park, Nature Center",

"Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 8/19) North Mountain Park, Nature Center",

"Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 8/19) North Mountain Park, Nature Center",

"Willow Flycatcher (Gresham, OR)",

"Willow Flycatcher - Page Springs CG",

"Willow Flycatcher - Page Springs CG, Malheur National Wildlife Preserve",

"Willow Flycatcher - Page Springs CG, Malheur National Wildlife Preserve",

"Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (© Nick Viani 2/9) Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Yellowish Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Yellowish Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Yellowish Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Yellow Tyrannulet (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada

Oak Titmouse (© Nick Viani 11/23/24) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR, Feeder Watch

Oak titmouse

Pacific-slope Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Comox, BC

Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Wood River Marsh