We also spied plenty of tyrant flycatchers, including the aforementioned kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood-pewee, and an empid. |
We also have an Eastern kingbird indicating he'd like to make his home here. |
Only the western kingbird, a Nearctic-Neotropic migrant, was more abundant in stands of tamarisk. |
Comet Pond fisherman Larry Forgues sent me a picture of a dead Eastern kingbird caught in fishing line hanging from a branch. |
It has been said that the kingbird is annoying to other birds, and he is called a tyrant. |
Upward trends have been recorded for the western kingbird, blue grosbeak, and cliff swallow, among others. |