I also had an Eastern Kingbird who allowed me to get close for a few photos on Sunday! Did I mention that Wolf Run is one of my favorite places in the park to visit??
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Near!
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30 June 2008...9:29 pm
Eastern Kingbird
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30 June 2008 at 10:10 pm
Nice photos! Its nice to see that you have to work for them. Some times you make it look so easy!
30 June 2008 at 11:10 pm
Great shots. What a pretty bird.
30 June 2008 at 11:28 pm
That is a handsome bird. Nice photos!
I have to tell you- every time I open your blog and see those waxwings on your side bar I think they look like two guys wearing big sunglasses!
30 June 2008 at 11:44 pm
How beautiful!!!
1 July 2008 at 12:01 am
Among my favourites. Thanks for the really nice photos, and for making me homesick, again.
1 July 2008 at 12:44 am
What a beautiful bird. Love the “far” and “near” pictures! Nothing like a stellar camera!
1 July 2008 at 1:35 am
Great images Tom, and a beautiful subject as well !!
1 July 2008 at 5:18 am
All of these pictures are exquisite–the butterflies and the kingbird. I love this site.
1 July 2008 at 6:48 am
Did you get close to the kingbird with your camera lens, or with your hiking boots?
1 July 2008 at 6:59 am
He looks just beautiful perched there just for you!
1 July 2008 at 7:31 am
@ Larry – Thanks and sometimes I do really have to work for some species!
@ Debbie – thanks
@ Lynne – thanks and reminds me that I need to do a new birdQUIZ!
@ Mel – thanks
@ Hugh – thanks and love seeing these birdies!
@ Liza – thanks and reminds me of that sesame street thing!
@ Bernie –thanks
@ Beth – thanks and I enjoy you visiting!
@ winterwoman – I had 400mm on the whole time and then slowly walked right up to the bird! He didn’t seem to care that I was getting close at all!
@ Jayne – I agree, thanks!
1 July 2008 at 8:35 am
Love the kingbirds–I swear I have them following me. It seems everywhere I go, a kingbird is there. I don’t mind though!
1 July 2008 at 8:41 am
How obliging of the Kingbird to sit on a dead tree for you! Great pictures. I have a good shot of the back end of one yesterday as it ate berries in a leafy tree yesterday. I see them often perched very high up.
1 July 2008 at 8:56 am
Kingbirds and sesame street. Love it!
1 July 2008 at 9:41 am
Great shots and nice that he posed for you. He really is a beautiful bird.
1 July 2008 at 11:20 am
Fantastic! Kingbirds are a lot of fun to watch and always look like they are ready to kick some BUG!
1 July 2008 at 12:01 pm
Great photos of a handsome bird!
1 July 2008 at 12:36 pm
Great shots, Monarch! Have you ever seen the red on the kingbird’s head? You have to go see these pictures – they are unbelievable and not photoshopped!
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1 July 2008 at 1:05 pm
He seems so perfect in your photo. I want to poke him (gently of course) in the belly and see if he moves!
1 July 2008 at 7:01 pm
Kingbirds are so handsome. I love to hear them calling to one another. They are very vocal this time of year.
1 July 2008 at 7:31 pm
Wow, these are great photos!
1 July 2008 at 8:02 pm
Great photos – Kingbirds are soo active it’s tough to get a decent picture. My local kingbird acts as the local siren chasing all the hawks off.
1 July 2008 at 9:00 pm
@ Bethany – I couldn’t think of anything better than Kingbirds following me! LOL! I wouldn’t mind also!
@ Ruth – I saw another kingbird today that I thought about photographing! They are just so much fun to photograph!
@ Marty – they do match well!
@ Joan – Thanks
@ Birdfreak – they sure are! Thanks
@ Adam – thanks
@ Birdgirl – thanks and I have seen the red before! Actually I have photographed the red but they were with my slide film!
@ Shelley – thanks and I am sure it would have moved! LOL
@ Lisa – They sure are and love seeing them . . . means summertime!
@ Pam – Thanks
@ Owlman – thanks and these guys are not that bad to photograph but they do love going after the hawks!
1 July 2008 at 9:33 pm
Handsome guy, isn’t he?
1 July 2008 at 11:58 pm
Nice bird! We call them Kingburgers. Because we’re silly.
2 July 2008 at 11:28 pm
@ Birdlady – thanks and sure is!
@ Rurality – thanks and kingburgers is a great name!
5 July 2008 at 4:57 pm
LOL I like Kingburgers too! I like watching Kingbirds-always entertaining!
7 July 2008 at 10:19 am
I’m just going to have to visit Wolf Run one of these days. If it is your favorite place it must be full of birds!