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The males always arrive first in the early spring. They are establishing & defending their territories. This was my first of year sighting in a tree not yet budded out.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
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One of my favorite things in Spring is when the scissortails return to nest and hunt the Blackland prairie areas of the lake. The males show up first.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
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I heard him long before I saw him. Just perched up there chattering away.
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
White Rock Lake, Dallas
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The pairs check out possible sites together. She was higher up with leaves obscuring her. This tree is a popular nesting site for several kinds of birds. It is very near wildflowers and prairie grasses so tons of insects are available.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
White Rock Lake, Dallas
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While walking the creek bank I spotted two eastern kingbird fledglings. They were in constant motion. Fluttering their wings, yelling for food and going from branch to branch. A parent was flying in & out delivering food drops. Too fast for me to get a shot of the adult but I did get a quick shot of one baby right after a very large food drop.
Eastern Kingbird Fledgling (Tyrannus tyrannus)
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The other fledgling was further down the branch looking at its sibling with an adorable look of longing. It wanted a dragonfly too.
Eastern Kingbird Fledgling (Tyrannus tyrannus)
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Mama Western Kingbird brooding. She has used this same tree for her nest for 5 years now. Dad was standing guard nearby. Didn't realize the criss-crossing twigs were going to frame her eye like that.
Female Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
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These beauties have returned to our area to nest & raise babies. This was a male standing guard near the nest where his mate was brooding.
Male Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
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Happy to see them back. Let the challenge of photographing them begin! Sometimes they actually sit still for ya.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
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I've never seen this before. This male seems to be about to shed it's tail feathers as the replacements are already in the process of growing in.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
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Most of the scissor-tails have left our area for the winter but there are a few stragglers hanging around. This male was at the top of a tree where it could watch for flying insects still to be found on the blackland prairie below.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
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I was watching the western kingbird when an eastern kingbird flew over and landed right beside it. Have never seen them side by side before. I wanted a better shot & pose but they took off in opposite directions right after this click.
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
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First of season sighting for me. In a newly budded out pecan tree at White Rock lake. As wildflowers start to bloom, the flycatchers return to raise their babies.
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
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Take away your view of the tail, still a stunningly beautiful bird. He did not mind my presence so I took the opportunity to get a close up.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
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I love scissor-tails. Love the delicate apricot color under their wings and the cool split tails. I like the sounds they make and the way they swoop in the air catching flying insects. This one is a male with that extra long tail. Perched near a blackland prairie that provides abundant food choices.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
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Male scissor-tail perched above me was showing off his catch. A small red insect. Several things it could be, lots of red nymphs of assassin bugs and milkweed bugs and wheel bugs. I can't tell which it is but no matter. They are all tasty snacks for the bird.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
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That famous bird maneuver when swallowing an insect. Give it a little toss into position, then gulp. Caught it mid toss.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
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When the rain finally goes away and the sun comes out, it is beautiful. The sunshine makes everything bright and colorful. A Kingbird was on its favorite perch with vivid greens and blue skies behind it.
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
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A beautiful western kingbird was perched above my head. Out in the open with the deep blue Texas sky as a backdrop.
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
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Western Kingbird singing it's heart out in the red dirt of a baseball field. On the baseline between 2nd & 3rd base. No clue why it was there. I assume it was either done with a dirt bath or about to have one. It just kept singing while I was there. Adorable.
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
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