I have decided that this bird is not the same as that identified as the Ash-Throated Flycatcher. This one has much more pronounced yellow underparts, it has the unkempt crest that gives it the name "crinitus", and its tail is much more elaborate. The geographical distribution of the Great Crested Flycatcher includes Houston County. "In summer it inhabits the eastern half of Texas ..."

"[The Great Crested Flycatcher] is olive-brown above , with a gray throat and breast and a bright yellow belly ... Crinitus is from the Latin crinis, or "hairy," referring to the shaggy crest. The great crested flycatcher ... also eats berries ..."

Orchard Oriole.

Photo taken with a Nikon D80 using a Nikon 200mm f/4 lens.

May 8, 2008.