Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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One of the smallest of the songbirds in the eastern half of North America, the highly charismatic and extremely voracious blue-gray gnatcatcher is also one of the hardest to see clearly. The fly at seemly reckless speeds through thick foliage, and rarely stop for more than a second or two before launching into the air for another round of acrobatic avian maneuvers fro tiny flying insects. This one was one of many seen perching among the bald cypress trees just log enough to swallow yet another insect before going off in search for the next victim in Southwest Florida's Corkscrew Swamp near Naples.
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Animalia, Aves, Chordata, Corkscrew Swamp, Florida, Passeriformes, Polioptila, Polioptila caerulea, Polioptilidae, SW Florida, SWFL, Southwest Florida, animal, autumn, bird, birdwatching, blue-gray gnatcatcher, blue-grey gnatcatcher, fall, fauna, fowl, gnatcatcher, natural, nature, ornithology, passerine, songbird, vertebrate, wild, wildlife