Flycatchers and Cottonwood
by M Spadecaller
Title
Flycatchers and Cottonwood
Artist
M Spadecaller
Medium
Digital Art - Digital & Photographic Art
Description
The Vermilion Flycatcher is a species that inhabits moist oases in the arid southwestern United States. It is widely distributed from southwestern Texas, central Arizona, southern Nevada, and southern California southward and well into South America. Typically, Vermilion Flycatchers prefer woodland groves near water. They frequently breed in corridors of willow and cottonwood trees along a waterway through arid land or they may be found among scattered trees and small groves–typically of mesquite or oak in open grasslands and pastures. In this picture, the Vermillion pair are perched in a cottonwood tree. Vermilion Flycatchers eat mostly flying insects, which they capture on the wing by flying suddenly out from an exposed perch. When male Vermilion Flycatchers court females, they come bearing gifts: often a butterfly or other flashy insect. Like many members of the Tyrannidae, or "tyrant flycatcher" family, Vermilion Flycatchers are prone to wander far from their usual territories. Many sightings of this species are reported from Minnesota, Maryland, and British Columbia. “Flycatchers and Cottonwood,” is a hand-painted digital image and photo composite created in Spadecaller’s Studio on 9/13/2020.
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September 13th, 2020
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