{"id":47498,"date":"2017-06-30T04:36:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T10:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=47498"},"modified":"2024-08-20T19:12:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T00:12:39","slug":"juvenile-eastern-and-western-kingbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/06\/30\/juvenile-eastern-and-western-kingbirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Eastern and Western Kingbirds – Their Ranges Overlap Here in Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvenileJuvenile Western Kingbird perched on an old fence post<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel fortunate that I am able to see and photograph both the Western and Eastern Kingbird juveniles here in northern Utah. I have photographed Western Kingbirds building their nests and incubating their eggs but haven\u2019t had that same opportunity with Eastern Kingbirds.<\/p>\n

The ranges for these two species of kingbirds overlap here in northern Utah but I see more of the Western Kingbirds<\/span><\/a> than I do the Eastern Kingbirds. I love the soft grays and pale yellows of the plumage in Western Kingbird juveniles.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Eastern Kingbird perched on wires<\/span><\/p>\n

Eastern Kingbirds<\/span><\/a> lay 3 to 5 eggs which hatch in 16 to 18 days. Their juveniles seem a little less aggressive than the Western Kingbird juveniles do. I think the Eastern Kingbird juveniles look pretty snazzy with their black and white plumage.<\/p>\n

Both Eastern and Western Kingbirds have pinkish gapes as juveniles that the adults do not have and that helps to ID them as young birds.<\/p>\n

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

The ranges for these two species of kingbirds overlap here in northern Utah but I see more of the Western Kingbirds than I do the Eastern Kingbirds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[27,1148,1022,1519,697,26,534],"tags":[1521,3808,4884,4067,4071,3791,3772,4104,1635,4183,4411,4193],"class_list":["post-47498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-davis-county-utah","category-eastern-kingbirds","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","category-western-kingbirds","tag-eastern-kingbird","tag-flycatcher","tag-flycatchers","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-kingbird","tag-kingbirds","tag-perched","tag-tyrannus-tyrannus","tag-tyrannus-verticalis","tag-western-kingbird","tag-young"],"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