{"id":24963,"date":"2015-06-01T03:45:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T09:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=24963"},"modified":"2025-11-08T06:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:29:07","slug":"western-kingbirds-on-the-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/06\/01\/western-kingbirds-on-the-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Kingbirds On The Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WesternWestern Kingbird adult landing on sagebrush – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I had fun photographing Western Kingbirds again yesterday on Antelope Island State Park and hours later I was still hearing their calls<\/span><\/a> in my mind. They chatter and squeak a lot and they also spend a lot of time taking off and landing. Yesterday I focused on landing, take offs and flight shots. The sagebrush in the image above seems to be a favorite perch.<\/p>\n

\"WesternWestern Kingbird adult landing on a sign post – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

But they also like fence posts and sign posts too. This Western Kingbird came in to land on the sign post and judging by the position of its feet I think it almost missed the landing.<\/p>\n

\"WesternWestern Kingbird on the wing – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/4000, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I did get a few flight shots yesterday but I liked this one the most because of the wing position, the head turn and the eye contact. That over the wing look gets me every time. I always enjoy getting photographs of Western Kingbirds on the wing.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/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":"

I had fun photographing Western Kingbirds again yesterday on Antelope Island State Park and hours later I was still hearing their calls in my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163140,"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":[511,27,1022,26,534],"tags":[4004,2519,11480,4021,4098,4052,3808,4884,4122,9070,3791,3772,4123,4282,6384,4057,3792,4183,4411],"class_list":["post-24963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","category-western-kingbirds","tag-adult","tag-artemisia-tridentata","tag-big-sagebrush","tag-bird-photography","tag-desert","tag-flight","tag-flycatcher","tag-flycatchers","tag-flying","tag-island","tag-kingbird","tag-kingbirds","tag-landing","tag-lift-off","tag-on-the-wing","tag-sagebrush","tag-take-off","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