{"id":128683,"date":"2024-05-23T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=128683"},"modified":"2024-05-22T08:51:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:51:28","slug":"spring-eastern-kingbird-photos-from-tishomingo-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/05\/23\/spring-eastern-kingbird-photos-from-tishomingo-nwr\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Eastern Kingbird Photos From Tishomingo NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since my arrival in Oklahoma, I’ve had fun taking Eastern Kingbird photos at the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a>. I’ve seen dozens of these kingbirds there.<\/p>\n

\"EasternEastern Kingbird perched on a thin branch \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/400, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

More often than not, I see at least two Eastern Kingbirds close together, and sometimes I’ve seen six or more in close proximity to each other.<\/p>\n

I have also seen Western Kingbirds mixing with Eastern Kingbirds. I’ll write more about them in another post.<\/p>\n

\"EasternEastern Kingbird perched in a mulberry \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/640, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve located several mulberry trees on the refuge, and these kingbirds seem to enjoy chowing down on the mulberries and the insects they find near the roads.<\/p>\n

I was extremely happy to photograph this kingbird in a mulberry tree and capture a mulberry in the frame. It’s a first for me. Firsts always make me feel joyful.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Eastern Kingbird at Tishomingo NWR \u2013 Nikon D500, f9, 1\/640, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

These Eastern Kingbirds chatter<\/span><\/a> to each other a lot, at times, it even makes me laugh out loud how chatty they can be.<\/p>\n

I’ve also been focusing on getting photos of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, the Oklahoma state bird, which are also members of the same family as these kingbirds. I still haven’t gotten the photos of them that I desire, but I’m working on it!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Eastern Kingbird photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since my arrival in Oklahoma, I’ve had fun taking Eastern Kingbird photos at the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. I’ve seen dozens of these kingbirds there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1519,13973,15021],"tags":[4004,13984,4897,1521,3791,3772,15059,14021,4104,165,11568,15058,15057,1635,2248,298],"class_list":["post-128683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-eastern-kingbirds","category-oklahoma","category-tishomingo-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-bottomlands","tag-branch","tag-eastern-kingbird","tag-kingbird","tag-kingbirds","tag-mulberry","tag-oklahoma","tag-perched","tag-spring","tag-thin","tag-tishomingo-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-tishomingo-nwr","tag-tyrannus-tyrannus","tag-tyrant-flycatcher","tag-tyrant-flycatchers-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/eastern-kingbird-tishomingo-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0547.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-xtx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129402,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/06\/12\/sick-western-kingbird-or-is-it-two-kingbirds\/","url_meta":{"origin":128683,"position":0},"title":"Sick Western Kingbird Or Is It Two Kingbirds","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Not every trip I make into the field is filled with joy, butterflies, and rainbows. 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