Eastern KingBird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Seen over most of the US, *EXCEPT* in the southwestern US and most of the Great Basin, my first Eastern Kingbird was found near Saskatoon Lake in Alberta, Canada. I’ve since met them in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Oregon and Texas. These birds spend winters in South America, mostly in the upper Amazon Basin. South Texas is an ideal place to meet these birds during migration, as they pass through a narrow strip of land along the Gulf of Mexico before disbursing over the rest of the North American continent.
Like most birds in the kingbird clan, in defence of its breeding territory, it lives up to its tyrant name (tyrannus), making unrelenting assaults on birds such as large hawks and herons.

Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: At the Visitor Center on the north edge of Jackson, Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:16 11:40 |
Location:
Jackson Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X2722-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: Against a gray, overcast sky ay Birding Island, Payette River Wildlife Management Area outside of Payette Idaho. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:30 17:09 |
Location:
Birding Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X6331-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: I'm coming for you! Birding Island, Payette River Wildlife Management Area outside of Payette Idaho. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:30 17:09 |
Location:
Birding Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X6340-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: Birding Island, Payette River Wildlife Management Area outside of Payette Idaho. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:30 17:15 |
Location:
Birding Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X6408-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: Birding Island, Payette River Wildlife Management Area outside of Payette Idaho. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:30 17:16 |
Location:
Birding Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X6441-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Description: Saskatoon Lake, Alberta, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:03 9:30 |
Location:
Lake Saskatoon |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/21.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD3293EasternKingbird |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Description: Saskatoon Lake, Alberta, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:03 9:38 |
Location:
Lake Saskatoon |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/25.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD3305EasternKingbird |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Description: Cutout from a bird seen at Saskatoon Lake, Alberta, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:03 9:38 |
Location:
Lake Saskatoon |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/21.0, 1/250 |
File Name: Cut_JCD3304EasternKingbird |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Eastern Kingbird(Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Description: Saskatoon Lake, Alberta, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:03 9:22 |
Location:
Lake Saskatoon |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/3000 |
File Name: JCD3278EasternKingbird |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:27 12:37 |
Location:
Lee Metcalf NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5407-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: At the Visitor Center on the north edge of Jackson, Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:16 11:45 |
Location:
Jackson Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X2732-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: I met this bird along the Center Patrol Road of Malheur NWR in the area near Buena Vista Ponds. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:03 14:10 |
Location:
Center Patrol Road |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X7704-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Empidonax wrightii) |
Description: Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:27 11:43 |
Location:
Lee Metcalf NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X5230-EasternKingBird |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Description: Eastern Kingbirds pass through southern Texas on their migration from South America to much of North America. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 15:03 |
Location:
Convention Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/3200 |
File Name: EasternKingbird_D500665-South-Padre |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Description: Eastern Kingbirds pass through southern Texas on their migration from South America to much of North America. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 15:29 |
Location:
Convention Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/2000 |
File Name: EasternKingbird_D500976-South-Padre |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Description: Eastern Kingbirds pass through southern Texas on their migration from South America to much of North America. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 16:03 |
Location:
Convention Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/1250 |
File Name: EasternKingbird_D501128-South-Padre |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Eastern Kingbird(Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Description: Eastern Kingbirds pass through southern Texas on their migration from South America to much of North America. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 16:27 |
Location:
Convention Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/1250 |
File Name: EasternKingbird_D501287-South-Padre |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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