Blue-gray Gnatcatcher—a twig fairy. Gnatcatchers may be tiny little birds ...

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher—a twig fairy. Gnatcatchers may be tiny little birds but they are also loud. Yesterday on a bird walk I'd swear we heard gnatcatchers everywhere. Weighing only 6 grams they aren't much bigger than a hummingbird. Pete Dunne describes them as "A tiny pale sliver of a bird that seems to dance more than forage through the canopy and understory—a twig fairy. More slender than warblers, gnatcatchers call attention to themselves by the hyperactive twitching..."

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