Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Status Five records. Evelyn Richardson (1965) reported a sighting by Morrill Richardson of one feeding on kelp flies on Bon Portage Island on a November day "around 1950." On 19 November 1978 the Sidney Smith family captured and photographed one on Cape Sable. In 1982, two were seen on 11 May at Seaforth, Halifax County, by Suzanne Carmilleri and on 4 September at Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, by Charles R.K. and Blanche Allen. An individual discovered by Damian Welsh on 1 December 1984 at Hazel Hill, Guysborough County, delighted several subsequent observers and was well photographed byJune Jarvis.

Remarks This beautiful flycatcher from the south-centrat United States has a reputation as a wanderer, perhaps because of its conspicuous appearance and habits.