couch's kingbird
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| Couch's Kingbird |
Clicking on the either of the 2 links below will take you to a web site where you can read much information on this Kingbird.
The second link will take to a web site where you can here it voice or song.
Then please come back and enjoy my photos.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Couchs_Kingbird.html
The birds song
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Couchs_Kingbird.html#sound
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This bird was photographed just east of Yuma, Arizona about 40 miles off Interstate 8.
The exit reads TACNA & it's exit 42.
It is now 01/24/07 I don't know how long the bird will stay in this area,
and if you are reading this about that date I can give exact driving instructions
From Phoenix is about 125 miles from Tucson a bit more.
Better yet here's a map to the area, but U can contact me for more detailed directions if U want.
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OK; let's see the bird, OK!
This is the area where I photographed the Kingbird.
Perhaps you can see the bird above the hives in the tree branches?? :-))
Well I know you can't because there is no bird there at the moment.
As I drove in it flew away.
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About 15 minutes later.
Just as I thought it came back in a few minutes from across the road.
Still can't see it above the center hive almost to top of the photo.
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Now I'll bet you can see it.
I will show you much better images of the Kingbird shortly.
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What you can't see is there are many dead bees on the ground.
The bird would fly down to the hives, then to ground to feast on the dead bees.
It would fly into the brances almost on the ground.
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Then to the top on one of hives.
As you can plainly see it's eye-balling the dead bees on the ground.
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Then it would hop over to one of the many large rocks holding the covers on the hives.
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And then to another rock.
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And DOWN it goes.
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Yep, it got onoe. Of course a dead bee isn't very difficult to catch.
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I don't what, if any food nourishment it can get from bees that are already dead.
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And then back up to it's tree perch it would fly.
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It didn't want me to take its photo of it eating that dead bee I guess.
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Well, that's 12 photos for this page
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