Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

 (L 8.5" WS 15" Wt 1.4 oz)

A large flycatcher...agressively
defends nest against larger birds
such as hawks, crows and Blue Jays.

Robin Carter, XC7718

Lake Delevan, WI

14Jul2007

Miller Meadow

Maywood, IL

07Jul11

for any ruffian of the sky

your kingbird doesn’t give a damn-

his royal warcry is I AM

and he’s the soul of chivalry

 

in terror of whose furious beak

(as sweetly singing creatures know)

cringes the hugest heartless hawk

and veers the vast most crafty crow

           (E.E. Cummings)