To Catch a Gnat

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Say Hello to Mr. Gnatcatcher

 

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are pale blue-gray birds with grayish-white underparts and a mostly black tail with white edges. The underside of the tail is mostly white. The face is highlighted by a thin but obvious white eye-ring. In summer, male Blue-gray Gnatcatchers sport a black ‘V’ on their foreheads extending above their eyes.

 

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are usually seen flitting about in the treetops, giving a short whining call-note. Often, they will dart about in a short, quick flight to snap up a tiny insect in mid-air.

 

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers forage actively in trees and shrubs, searching for insects among leafy outer twigs of deciduous trees and on branches and trunk in pines. They take most food while perched, but also hover to pick items from surface, and often fly out to catch insects that are flushed from foliage. Sometimes, large insects are beaten against a branch before being eaten.

 

(600mm, 1/1250 @ f/8.0, ISO 5000)

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