A perfect Saturday morning here in Chi-town. Sunny with a breeze and no humidity. We earned it after last week! We were walking along the dirt walking path in Lincoln Park that circles the baseball fields -so many people out playing ball, very picturesque. Then I saw it - a robin-sized bird with a dark black cap and black beak, sleek and looking like he was wearing a tux (black backed and white chested), and when he flew away I noticed his white-tipped tail. Now back at home, using my Sibley Field Guide I can properly give this tuxedo-wearing bird a name: the Eastern Kingbird! My first flycatcher sighting!
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| Silhouette of the Eastern Kingbird in Lincoln Park |
These birds fly all the way to South America on the hunt for berries in the winter, but like a true Chicagoan, love to summer around here.
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| Up close thanks to the Audubon Society -what a beauty! |
When this eastern kingbird flew away, he made a spectacular aerial acrobatic display of what I assume was catching a flying insect in midair! I wish I had caught it on video tape!
I'm all smiles now, great way to start the day! Hope you have a pleasant weekend full of birding!
2 comments:
I'll look for a bird in a tuxedo and know it's a Kingbird.
In California you are more likely to find the Western Kingbird, which looks a little different!
http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/western-kingbird
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