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Googling images of the swallow, none had the yellow... Scott might be right.
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=592991994&rlz=1CAVARX_enUS1023&q=Ridgway%27s+Rough-Winged+Swallow&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixtIG8jaKDAxVMrYkEHfneClYQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1366&bih=599&dpr=1
Yup.
11 months agoNow that looks right.
11 months agoSure, as the one below counts as a people shot.
11 months agoEh? Are you sure it’s not another tropical kingbird?
11 months agoBeautiful. I’ve never seen one in the wild.
11 months agoBeautiful bird photos
11 months agoI used Merlin’s photo match function, and it offered up four possibilities - including social flycatchers and tropical kingbirds. Probably needs a better photo or more info to be sure.
11 months agoJust to butt in here, in case you didn’t know: kingbirds are flycatchers - tyrant flycatchers actually, which is the name of the new world family. I don’t know why they’ve been given a special name. And here’s something I didn’t know until just now, when I looked up to confirm kingbirds are flycatchers: tyrant flycatchers are believed to be the largest bird family in the world, with more than 400 species.
Oh, and maybe this quote about kingbirds from Wikipedia hints at how they got their name: “ These birds tend to defend their breeding territories aggressively, often chasing away much larger birds. A kingbird was photographed in 2009 defending its young by landing on and sinking its talons into the back of a red-tailed hawk and pecking its skull until the red-tailed hawk gave up and flew away.”
Nice how you got it all!
11 months agoMy brother in Hawaii has trees with both... More than they can use, so they take it to the market in Hilo and sell to certain vendors. And other kinds of tropical fruits as well.
11 months agoThose mangoes look like if you cut into one, the sweet juice would pour down your elbow! Not often you find them that good!
11 months agoYou could be right... I flipped back and forth several times and maybe the dark eyestripe is more pronounced than the kingbird...
11 months agoWe thought not a Kingbirds because they tend to be slim and this one looks kind of plump and puffy, but maybe it is fluffed up because it is cold.
11 months ago
Agreed!
11 months ago