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Eastern Kingbird : guardian of his nest (28)
CeltickRanger
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1190 W: 59 N: 2265]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (7549) | hello dear TN friends, the Eastern Kingbird is the 2 second (of 3)
new speeecies of bird that i took in photo at the Nature Park
of Bois de l'ile Bizard : http://www.out-there.com/qc12bib.htm
here is near his nest, there is chicks on the nest,
this image is from far but i dcided to post it,
the male and the female where relaying to do
the guardian of the nest and the chicks
and to go bring food for the chicks
and one time i saw the couple of Eastern Kingbird
attacking a brid of prey to move him awy from the nest,
i saw too one of the couple doing the same thing to a crow
photo shot with my slr-like
Fujifilm bridge camera
at RAW format and ISO400
from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website
here some interesting notes on the Eastern Kingbird :
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Eastern_Kingbird.html
« The Eastern Kingbird is highly aggressive toward nest predators
and larger birds. Hawks and crows are attacked regularly.
A kingbird was observed to knock a Blue Jay out of a tree
and cause it to hide under bush to escape the attack.
During the summer the Eastern Kingbird eats mostly
flying insects and maintains a breeding territory that
it defends vigorously against all other kingbirds. In the winter
along the Amazon, however, it has a completely
different lifestyle: it travels in flocks and eats fruit.
Parent Eastern Kingbirds feed their young for about
seven weeks. Because of this relatively long period
of dependence, a pair generally raises only
one brood of young per nesting season. »
Merci
Asbed |
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