{"id":2272,"date":"2011-05-01T17:16:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T23:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:49:33","slug":"western-kingbirds-my-foy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/05\/01\/western-kingbirds-my-foy\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Kingbirds – My FOY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WesternPerched Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) –\u00a0<\/span> Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 400, -0.3 EV, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u00a0get easily excited about seeing and photographing birds and I get even more delighted when I get to see a first of the year (FOY) bird like the Western Kingbird above.<\/p>\n

I spotted two Western Kingbirds<\/span><\/a> today perched on dried vegetation. While I observed them one of the kingbirds was actively hawking insects, swooping towards a bug then perching until it saw the next insect.<\/p>\n

I love the colors of these birds, the soft muted grays and yellows is very appealing to me.\u00a0 I am looking forward to photographing them while they are here and listening to their chattering calls.<\/p>\n

Shouldn’t be too long before I start seeing Eastern Kingbirds too!<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

While I observed them one of the Western Kingbirds was actively hawking insects, swooping towards a bug then perching until it saw the next insect. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1022,697,26,534],"tags":[4004,4021,6577,788,3808,4884,3791,3772,4104,4183,4411],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","category-western-kingbirds","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-branches","tag-first-of-year","tag-flycatcher","tag-flycatchers","tag-kingbird","tag-kingbirds","tag-perched","tag-tyrannus-verticalis","tag-western-kingbird"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t