KingBird? ID please

trogloditetroglodite Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
edited July 18, 2006 in Wildlife
Hiya! Mostly curiosity on these - I looked it up and I think it's a kingbird. They were feeding off of some sort of hatch over the Housatonic, in West Cornwall CT.

Couldn't get any closer.:dunno (a bit oof i suppose and my lens sux =] )

kbird.jpg

and in flight, the white on the tail feathers is what I'm basing my id on but I don't see the yellowish crown... is it only there during breeding?

kbird2.jpg
is now gone. i have no time for cliques and fan clubs.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2006
    Sorry can't help with an ID, nice work on the flight shot.
    Harry
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  • David TaylorDavid Taylor Registered Users Posts: 146 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2006
    thumb.gif They look like the Eastern Kingbird to me. I don't seem to recall them having a yellowish crown at any life stage though.
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  • trogloditetroglodite Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2006
    David Taylor wrote:
    thumb.gif They look like the Eastern Kingbird to me. I don't seem to recall them having a yellowish crown at any life stage though.

    cool. that's what I thought.

    I saw the yellow mohawk like stripe out of a real old field guide.
    is now gone. i have no time for cliques and fan clubs.
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