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Andrew Kaizer

@andrewkaizer.com

A trio of wire sitters -- #GreenHeron, #BeltedKingfisher, and #EasternKingbird all within a small distance of each other. The Green Heron is really the odd bird out because the other two are making good use of the wire for scavenging purposes!

September 2026 in Elgin, IL (Burnidge FP) #birds

October 31, 2026 at 2:19 PM

Doug Engstrom

@dougengstrom.bsky.social

Rob Crank’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #MealTime, any bird eating food.

I don't know what the thing floating near the Eastern Kingbird is in the first frame, but by the second frame, it's lunch.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #EasternKingbird

Photo 1 of 2. An Eastern Kingbird perches on a thorny, leafy branch, seen from behind and below, with its head tilted sharply upward and its bill open slightly. The bird has a blackish head, slate-gray wings with pale feather edges, a white belly and a dark tail. Above and to the left of its head, a small dark insect hangs in the air against a pale, hazy sky.

Photo 2 of 2. The same Eastern Kingbird, still on its thorny perch with its head tilted upward, a moment later. The insect that was flying beside it in the previous photo is gone, and the bird now holds it in its bill, mid-meal. Small green and yellow leaves fill the foreground, and the background is a soft green-gray blur.

October 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM

Doug Engstrom

@dougengstrom.bsky.social

Atlantic Birding’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White; any bird with Black & White plumage.

Here's an eastern kingbird, surveying its domain from a perch made from metal pipe. Photo taken in August.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #EasternKingbird

Eastern kingbird perched on a galvanized metal pipe elbow bolted to a weathered wooden post, shown from behind and to the side with its head turned to the right. Its head and back are dark slate-black, with a crisp white throat and a small dark bill. The folded wings have fine pale feather edges, and the long black tail ends in a clean white band. The white belly shows just beneath the wing. The background is a smooth, soft green blur of grassland.

October 21, 2026 at 6:33 AM

Bud

@bud-lem21.bsky.social

Eastern Kingbird (July 11, 2026) #photography #escanaba #puremichigan #yooper #906life #easternkingbird #birds

October 19, 2026 at 2:07 AM

Andrew Kaizer

@andrewkaizer.com

An #EasternKingbird who I posted a different set of photos of a few months back. Looks good in the prairie environment!

June 2026 in Elgin, IL (Fitchie Creek FP) #birds

October 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM

Andrew Kaizer

@andrewkaizer.com

An end of season #EasternKingbird right before they all depart for warmer grounds. I'll miss their tyrannical rule but know they will return next Spring to check their dominion.

Sept 2026 in Elgin, IL (Burnidge FP) #birds

October 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM

Clinty1

@clinty1.bsky.social

Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). Here's an Eastern Kingbird #Birds #EasternKingbird

Eastern kingbird perched on a thin, dried reed. This bird has a white chest, white tip of tail feathers and black/brown/grey body

September 29, 2026 at 12:24 PM

Andrew Kaizer

@andrewkaizer.com

#EasternKingbird taking flight.

June 2026 in Elgin, IL (Fitchie Creek FP) #birds

September 27, 2026 at 2:07 PM

rebeccam31.bsky.social

@rebeccam31.bsky.social

For Jane’s lovely #SmallBirdSaturday, here is an #EasternKingbird friend I met at my hometown lake. The community put a lot of work into making it a healthy, usable natural space. It’s paying off as wildlife is returning! #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

A small charcoal bird with a darker head and tail sits on a small twig against a muted green background. There is white on its throat and the tip of its tail.

August 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM

Stephen Barten

@stephenbarten.bsky.social

Eastern Kingbird lost its balance in a gust of wind
#easternkingbird #birding #birdingphotography #birdphotography

August 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM

Andrew Kaizer

@andrewkaizer.com

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ThinPerches -- just like my Tyrannus tryannus #EasternKingbird friend here whose weight bends the tree branch down. Didn't stop it from catching bugs on the wing, though!

May 2026 in Northern Illinois (Coral Woods FP) #birds