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  A recent visitor to the water feature, more often heard than seen. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, June 25, 2025 Myiarchus crinitus The Great Crested Flycatcher is a bird of the treetops. It spends very little time on the ground, and does not hop or walk. It prefers to fly from place to place on the ground rather than walk.

May 16, 2020, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Often heard, harder to see as they like to be high in the trees. Myiarchus crinitus Great Crested Flycatchers weave shed snakeskin into their nest. Where it's readily available, as in Florida, nearly every nest contains snakeskin. They also seem to look for flimsy, crinkly nest materials—they’ve also used onion skins, cellophane, or plastic wrappers. source -https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Crested_Flycatcher

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 5, 2019. Myiarchus crinitus Though they’re flycatchers, these birds also eat a fair amount of fruit. Instead of picking at the flesh of small fruit, Great Crested Flycatchers swallow the fruit whole and regurgitate the pits, sometimes several at a time. source - www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Crested_Flycatcher