Kingbird with bug
by Judi Dressler
Title
Kingbird with bug
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Flycatchers are amazingly good at catching, well, flies... or any insect! This Tropical Kingbird was out just before sunset, looking for dinner. He'd sit on a branch, then suddenly fly off to catch something, and quite often succeeding!
One of the most common sights in Middle and South America, the handsome Tropical Kingbird sits on utility lines, fences, and exposed trees seemingly everywhere. These big, gray-and-yellow flycatchers catch insects on impressive pursuit flights, usually returning to the same perch to eat their catch. In the United States, the species nests just into southernmost Texas and Arizona, where it inhabits towns, ranches, and lowlands of many sorts, especially near water. Across their vast range to the south, Tropical Kingbirds occur from sea level to areas over 10,000 feet high.
Photo taken on 12/1/2022 in San Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico, next to the beach.
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Descriptive keywords and tags for this image include kingbirds, tropical kingbirds, flycatchers, eating, kingbird with prey, bugs, insects, songbirds, tyrannus verticalis, birds, bird with bug, bird with insect, mexico, nayarit, coast, wildlife, wild, dressler, and judi dressler.
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Comments (16)
Anne Gifford
How do you capture this?!?!? I am awestruck as always. It was nice to read about this bird, too, thank you~!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2023 Featured Image Archive Discussion"!
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! You are one of Dawn’s Delights for December 22, 2022!! This fine image has that "something special" that makes it an extraordinary image among the many artworks submitted to Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group.
Judi Dressler replied:
Thanks so much, Dawn! It makes my day when you select one of my images for a DD. Happy Holidays to you! :)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Kingbird with Bug composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on your well deserved Feature of the Week! F/L
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! This fine image of an identified wild bird is among the features for 12/16/2022! Thank you for sharing with the Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the December 2022 Features discussion for additional visibility.
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Judi!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "All about Birds"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Nancy Carol Photography
Well done! Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "Oct Nov Dec 2022 Features."
Judy Wolinsky
CONGRATS!!! Your artwork has been selected for a Feature on the homepage of COMMENT FOR COMMENT GROUP! Please be sure to archive this featured artwork in the appropriate discussion thread.
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