Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird perched near the top of a tall dead tree looking out for any food flying by.
Eastern Kingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/11; 1/2000 sec.

This page is for the Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). A pair of these birds spent a weekend at the Colleyville Nature Center where I tend to do a lot of my birding. They stayed around a dead tree near one of the ponds. I enjoyed watching them hop off the tree as they chased down some insect. One of my photographs shows a moth or butterfly in the beak of one of them. I did not see them the next week, but that has been typical for this year’s migration as the record Texas heat pushed many species further north than is typical. My first photographic evidence occurred on May 8, 2022.

Two Eastern Kingbirds on a dead tree branch looking at each other.
Eastern Kingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/10; 1/2000 sec.
Two Eastern Kingbirds on a dead tree branch. One has captured a moth or butterfly and the other is watching the first bird.
Eastern Kingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/11; 1/2000 sec.
Eastern Kingbird perched on a small branch.
Eastern Kingbird, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, August 6, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Eastern Kingbird calling while perched on a dead tree.
Eastern Kingbird, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, August 14 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-3200; f/14; 1/400 sec.
Eastern Kingbird perched at the top of a small tree.
Eastern Kingbird, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, September 4, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Eastern Kingbird perched near the top of a small dead tree branch.
Eastern Kingbird, Red Slough WMA, Idabel, OK, September 12, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/800 sec.