Scissor-tailed flycatchers are back!

 

Smaller than a robin, and with a tail that makes up half their length.

They’re almost completely gone from here during the winter months, but spend all summer perched on powerlines chattering and flying out and back catching bugs.

 

That long tail splits out like scissors when they’re maneuvering in the sky.

 

It’s primarily a Southern Midwest bird in the U.S.

 

They’ll keep us company here all summer.  I’ll try to catch a photo of one in flight with its tail spread.