Thin and long tailed, with outer tail feathers almost entirely white (tail from below looks white). The bill is thin and pale gray. Breeding male: blue-gray above, including most of head and back.

The blue-gray gnatcatcher is one of the smallest birds to nest in Southeast Missouri. It is not often seen and successfully identified by the casual observer because of several factors. Foremost is ...

One of the common summer visitors that gleans insects from your trees and shrubs is a slender, long-tailed, always-moving, tail-twitching rather drab bird in blue-gray plumage. Its name is blue-gray ...

I’m still waiting for the arrival of blue-gray gnatcatchers at my home. Most likely, these tiny birds have already arrived, but my schedule hasn’t yet allowed me a glimpse of this punctual songbird.

A baby gnat- catcher was rescued at the Conservancy this week. Three hatchling Florida snapping turtles and a blue gray gnatcatcher nestling were among the 113 animals admitted to the von Arx Wildlife ...

There is a tiny gray and white bird with a longish tail that you might know. If you don't, it's probably just a matter of time. I'm referring to the blue-gray gnatcatcher, an avian sprite nicknamed ...

Mark Winterstein’s photo of a blue-gray gnatcatcher as it “stares down a caterpillar at Stumpy Lake” was the overall winner in Lynnhaven River Now’s Discover Virginia Beach Photography Contest. To see ...

The blue-gray gnatcatcher is one of North America's smallest birds. An adult will weigh less than one-third of an ounce and is about 4 1/2 inches from tip of beak to tip of tail. The ruby-throated ...

I am always impressed with our small birds. Of course, the ruby-throated hummingbird is far and away the champion among our tiniest, but we have a number of others that aren’t too much larger. For a ...

The blue-gray gnatcatcher is appropriately named since it is a blueish-gray in color and catches gnats to eat. The bird is a small songbird with long legs and a long tail. It is a pale blue-gray on ...