Birds Identified: Great Crested Flycatcher

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Great Crested Flycatcher has these characteristics:

• Still perching
  
• About same size as robin
  
• Smaller than robin
  
• Head crested
  
• Rust color present
  
• Yellow or orange
  
• Underparts plain
  
• Wing bands or bars
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• South summer (June through August)
  
• Wood habitat
  
• Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Short forays (flies out from perch and returns)
  
• Rasping harsh calls
  
• Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
  
• Harsh or buzzy song (pitch intermediate; rasping, buzzing, or grating quality)
  

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