gnatcatcher
noun
gnat·catch·er
ˈnat-ˌka-chər 
-ˌke-
: any of a genus (Polioptila) of several small North and South American insectivorous oscine birds
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The land is mostly covered with coastal sage scrub and supports species such as the coastal California gnatcatcher, golden eagle and Quino checkerspot butterfly.
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
All told, people spotted more than 80 different avian species munching on the insects, from large trumpeter swans to teeny-tiny blue-gray gnatcatchers.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
Martha’s Vineyard: Nineteen snow geese at the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, a marbled godwit at Eel Pond in Edgartown, and a blue-gray gnatcatcher on Clay Pit Road at Aquinnah.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Martha’s Vineyard: A Mississippi kite in West Tisbury, and a blue-gray gnatcatcher and a common raven in Edgartown.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
Of note is the California gnatcatcher songbird found in the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon to the north.
—Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
Single common ravens at Lake Tashmoo and Edgartown, 10 black skimmers in Edgartown, a harlequin duck in Aquinnah, and a blue-gray gnatcatcher and a Northern parula in the vicinity of the Sheriff’s Meadow Sanctuary pond.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
In 2013, two researchers, Lincoln Carneiro and Alexandre Aleixo recommended recognizing a new species of gnatcatcher, Polioptila attenboroughi, based on an analysis of their morphology, genetics and vocalizations.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2018
The new addition to Mission Trails Park is critical habitat for the California gnatcatcher, an endangered songbird, Berninger said, and also hosts other animals such as mule deer and bobcats.
—Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
All told, people spotted more than 80 different avian species munching on the insects, from large trumpeter swans to teeny-tiny blue-gray gnatcatchers.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
Martha’s Vineyard: Nineteen snow geese at the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, a marbled godwit at Eel Pond in Edgartown, and a blue-gray gnatcatcher on Clay Pit Road at Aquinnah.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Martha’s Vineyard: A Mississippi kite in West Tisbury, and a blue-gray gnatcatcher and a common raven in Edgartown.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
Of note is the California gnatcatcher songbird found in the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon to the north.
—Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
Single common ravens at Lake Tashmoo and Edgartown, 10 black skimmers in Edgartown, a harlequin duck in Aquinnah, and a blue-gray gnatcatcher and a Northern parula in the vicinity of the Sheriff’s Meadow Sanctuary pond.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
In 2013, two researchers, Lincoln Carneiro and Alexandre Aleixo recommended recognizing a new species of gnatcatcher, Polioptila attenboroughi, based on an analysis of their morphology, genetics and vocalizations.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2018
The new addition to Mission Trails Park is critical habitat for the California gnatcatcher, an endangered songbird, Berninger said, and also hosts other animals such as mule deer and bobcats.
—Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
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