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June 6, 2006

Eastern Kingbird

Ottawa, Ontario. Canada

"The Eastern Kingbird is highly aggressive toward nest predators and larger birds. Hawks and crows are attacked regularly. During the summer the Eastern Kingbird eats mostly flying insects and maintains a breeding territory that it defends vigorously against all other kingbirds. In the winter along the Amazon, however, it has a completely different lifestyle: it travels in flocks and eats fruit." ---- Cornell All About Birds website.


Aperture-Priority, f/5.6, 1/640, Spot Metering, EC +1/3, FEC -2/3, ISO 800 at 400mm.

Trying to recall now but I may have used a Tamron TC 1.4x on this shot.


other sizes: small medium original auto
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golfpic07-Jun-2006 02:49
Hi gang. These Kingbirds appear quite tame and seem accustomed to having people around. We do keep our distance so there is never a problem. They seem to worry more about the Yellow Warblers who steal their nesting material whenever they're not looking than they are with us.
gang07-Jun-2006 02:40
Very nice picture.
Was the bird angry with you? You will be careful of the attack from the bird if you approach the nest.