Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Sylviidae Polioptila caerulea
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Photo Details
April 1, 2004 - Kolob Canyon, Washington County, Utah - ©Nicky Davis

Description
L 4.5 WS 6, Long tail with white outer feathers, Dark forehead, White eye-ring. Behavior
Forages actively in trees and crevices for spiders and insects, their eggs and larvae. Also flycatches in midair. Lays 3-6 dark spotted pale blue eggs in a tiny cup nest  of plant fiber and down lined with spider webs then covered with lichen and positioned on a horizontal branch or  fork of  tree 2-80 feet above ground.


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