tyrant flycatchers – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Eastern Kingbird on the road to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-15T09:45:36-05:00April 3rd, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Eastern Kingbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, Eastern Kingbird, fence, flycatcher, flycatchers, Foxtail Barley, grass, grasses, kingbird, kingbirds, perched, ranchlands, spring, Tyrannus tyrannus, tyrant flycatchers|

I only have time for a quick post this morning and decided to post one of the migrant kingbirds I look forward to seeing every year, an Eastern Kingbird.

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An Eastern Kingbird in Southwestern Montana

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-15T09:34:15-05:00August 31st, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Eastern Kingbirds, Montana|Tags: Eastern Kingbird, fence post, flycatcher, flycatchers, immature, juvenile, kingbird, kingbirds, perched, Tyrannus tyrannus, tyrant flycatchers, valley, wooden post|

Eastern Kingbirds; like their western counterpart, are fearless and will attack birds as large as Bald Eagles to defend their nests.

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Perched Eastern Kingbird

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-15T09:49:24-05:00June 21st, 2012|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Eastern Kingbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, birds, Eastern Kingbird, fence post, flycatcher, flycatchers, kingbird, kingbirds, perched, ranchlands, summer, Tyrannus tyrannus, tyrant flycatchers, Utah, wooden post|

I always look forward to seeing and photographing Eastern Kingbirds (Tyrannus tyrannus) during the warmer months of the year. I was fortunate to see a few yesterday at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in northern Utah.

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Juvenile Flycatchers

By Mia McPherson|2019-06-02T13:22:47-05:00November 6th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, High Uintas, Summit County, Tyrant Flycatchers, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: bird ID, bird photography, high Uintas, juveniles, pine beetles, tyrant flycatchers, unidentified flycatcher juveniles|

Near the camp site one afternoon I could hear tiny peeping sounds in the pines and I went to investigate, the sweet calls were coming from these juvenile Flycatchers.

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