The flycatcher's habit of hunting repeatedly from an exposed perch makes it relatively easy to draw  through a telescope.  And many flycathers possess a strong personality or charisma that adds to the excitement of working with them.  Vermilion flycatchers are no exception.

On a visit to the Nature Conservancy's Patagonia-Sanoita Creek Preserve in Arizona, we found these small scarlet dynamos among dried sunflower stalks in the open fields."