Ash-Throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
This Ash-throated Flycatcher wasn't fooled by the walkingstick's attempt at camouflage. Walkingsticks, also called stick insects and stickbugs, can defoliate deciduous forests, but flycatchers and other insect-eating birds help to control local infestations. This flycatcher constructed its nest in the pipes of the park gate at Choke Canyon State Park. .

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