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Sick Western Kingbird Or Is It Two Kingbirds

By |June 12th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Johnston County, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Not every trip I make into the field is filled with joy, butterflies, and rainbows. Sometimes, I come across injured or sick birds, like this Western Kingbird.

Spring Eastern Kingbird Photos From Tishomingo NWR

By |May 23rd, 2024|Categories: Birds, Eastern Kingbirds, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Since my arrival in Oklahoma, I've had fun taking Eastern Kingbird photos at the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. I've seen dozens of these kingbirds there.

My First Of Year Western Kingbird Images

By |May 8th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my last trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge I was tickled to take my first of year Western Kingbird photos when I was heading back to the interstate.

Western Kingbird Attempting To Take Over A Bullock’s Oriole Nest

By |June 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Bullock's Orioles, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

At times I see some odd things in the field and two days ago that was what appeared to be a Western Kingbird attempting to take over a Bullock's Oriole nest.

Recent Birds I’ve Found In The West Desert

By |May 31st, 2021|Categories: Birds, House Wrens, Lazuli Buntings, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, Warbling Vireos, West Desert, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I made two trips out to the West Desert and today I am sharing a medley of recent birds that I found while I was out there.

Immature Eastern Kingbirds At Bear River MBR

By |August 19th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Eastern Kingbirds, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I only had two minutes with these immature Eastern Kingbirds and I felt I had to make every second I had with them in my viewfinder count. I succeeded.

Eastern Kingbird Perched On Pickleweed

By |June 24th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Eastern Kingbirds, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One of the birds I was excited to see and photograph yesterday morning was an adult Eastern Kingbird perched on a pickleweed next to the road.

I Spotted My First Of Season Western Kingbirds Four Days Ago

By |March 25th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I was up in Box Elder County, Utah four days ago I spotted my first of season Western Kingbirds chasing each other around in flight near a ranch.

Juvenile Western Kingbirds in Box Elder County, Utah

By |July 25th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Juvenile Western Kingbirds may look sweet like this one does perched on a fence but they can be rather pushy when it comes to demanding food from their parents and they are also quite noisy too while they are begging.

Adult Western Kingbird Perched on Rusty Barbed Wire in Northern Utah

By |May 14th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I photographed this adult Western Kingbird perched on rusty barbed wire up in northern Utah with spring greenery behind it and I liked the greens, yellows, grays and whites in the photo.

Our Western Kingbirds Have Returned To Northern Utah

By |April 20th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I did see a Western Kingbird two days ago but the only photos I have of that bird were taken on a barbed wire fence and I have more of those type of images than I know what to do with and nothing about those images were appealing, unique or all that interesting.

Two-headed Juvenile Western Kingbird? A Mere Optical Illusion

By |August 4th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This image kind of looks like I photographed a two-headed juvenile Western Kingbird but it is really an optical illusion.

Juvenile Eastern and Western Kingbirds – Their Ranges Overlap Here in Utah

By |June 30th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Eastern Kingbirds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The ranges for these two species of kingbirds overlap here in northern Utah but I see more of the Western Kingbirds than I do the Eastern Kingbirds.

Winter Clashes With Spring – Seasonal Changes Make Bird Photography Interesting

By |March 6th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Swainson's Hawks, Turkey Vultures, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Winter is clashing with spring right now in northern Utah and those seasonal changes can make bird photography interesting.

Eastern Kingbird Hawking Insects From A Fence In Northern Utah

By |August 14th, 2016|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Eastern Kingbirds, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago I was able to photograph an Eastern Kingbird hawking insects from a fence on my way out of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Centennial Valley Eastern Kingbird

By |June 4th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Eastern Kingbirds, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Mountain Bluebirds and this Centennial Valley Eastern Kingbird were the first two bird species I photographed on this trip to Montana and Idaho.

Western Kingbird with a Hint of Black Mustard

By |May 19th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Kingbirds, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning while in Box Elder County I was delighted to photograph a Western Kingbird with a Hint of Black Mustard in the background as it perched on a fence near the road.

Western and Eastern Kingbird Juveniles

By |March 9th, 2016|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Eastern Kingbirds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I feel fortunate that I am able to see and photograph both the Western and Eastern Kingbird juveniles here in northern Utah.

Western Kingbirds – Juveniles Begging To Be Fed

By |July 30th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

So even though I didn't come home with many Burrowing Owls images yesterday these Western Kingbird images more than made up for it!

Western Kingbirds On The Wing

By |June 1st, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had fun photographing Western Kingbirds again yesterday on Antelope Island State Park and hours later I was still hearing their calls in my mind.

Western Kingbirds in All Kinds of Light

By |May 26th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

By the third or fourth visit to the area where the Western Kingbirds were located the sun was shining and the light was great. I felt like singing along with the kingbird to celebrate the clearing sky.

Eastern Kingbird on the road to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |April 3rd, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Eastern Kingbirds, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I only have time for a quick post this morning and decided to post one of the migrant kingbirds I look forward to seeing every year, an Eastern Kingbird.

Juvenile Western Kingbird at Farmington Bay

By |February 28th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I was looking through some images that I had taken in August of 2014 and came across this juvenile Western Kingbird photo that I hadn't touched at all.

Western Kingbird nesting failure

By |August 6th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In June I published several posts about a pair of Western Kingbirds nesting on Antelope Island State park but unfortunately that nesting attempt failed.

Portrait of a male Long-billed Curlew and a Western Kingbird display

By |June 12th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I had Western Kingbirds and Long-billed Curlews in my viewfinder on Antelope Island State Park.

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