Shoot Me Monday

I shot this Black-tailed Gnatcatcher at the same location as last Monday's Bendire Thrasher.  They live in pairs all year long, foraging together actively in the low brush.  I could hear this pair keeping in constant contact with each other using a few different calls.  Unlike Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, they rarely catch insects in midair, but prefer to forage in shrubs and low trees.  While doing so, they are in constant motion.  Luckily this little guy paused a few seconds out in the open.

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

InfoNatura: Animals and Ecosystems of Latin America [web application]. 2007. Version 5.0 . Arlington, Virginia (USA): NatureServe. Available: http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura. (Accessed: December 31, 2011 )