Fork-tailed determination

On Sunday afternoon, local birder Emma Mathis spotted a Fork-tailed Flycatcher (FTFL) along County Road 43 in Nueces County. The sighting lit up the local birding chats almost immediately. It’s one of those birds that makes everyone stop what they’re doing. The Fork-tailed Flycatcher is a rare visitor to Texas, more often seen in Central or South America, but every now and then one shows up along the Gulf Coast just long enough to make a few birders lose their minds.