About a mile to the east of my house, sitting at the side of the quiet country road upon which I live, there is a small human-made pond that is typical of the kind that one might find near a farm.

The Eastern kingbird is smaller and slimmer than a robin, dark gray on its back, white underneath, with a white tip on its tail. It is a handsome bird, perching on a wire, tree limb, or the top of low ...

If you’re looking for an iconic bird of summer, the eastern kingbird would be a pretty good choice. The kingbird is widespread in our area, and conspicuous. Some would say obnoxious. These are reasons ...

Kingbirds are arriving in Texas from their winter homes in Latin America, and you may spot them perching conspicuously if not regally on wires, fence posts and tree limbs. The two most common species ...

As with humans, many birds are docile and retiring while others are downright pugnacious. The latter don’t wait around, hoping trouble won’t come their way — they wake up early in the morning in a ...

For the first time this spring I spent almost an hour on the front porch with coffee in hand on what was a beautiful Thursday morning. It was early and birds were just beginning to get active, but the ...

This young-of-the-year eastern kingbird can be identified by its graphite gray feathers and the hint of yellow at the corner of its mouth. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON About a mile to the east of ...

Kingbirds are common – and sometimes even conspicuous – in our area. There are two species that occur here: eastern and western. The western kingbird is well named. Its range extends across western ...

Eastern kingbirds facilitate prediction of their social behavior through the proportional use of two different song forms, zeer and chatter-zeer, in daytime singing performances. The chatter-zeer song ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract I developed a demographic model for species inhabiting a mosaic of habitats of varying quality and among which dispersal was limited only by ...