Yuma
Thick-billed Kingbird
Feb
15-21,
2003
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posted by Henry Detwiler
Jeff Coker found this bird
while participating in the Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count.
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thumbnail pictures for full-sized shots.
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Jeff Coker found this Thick-billed Kingbird on
Saturday, Feb 15, 2003 in the late morning while compiling birds
for the backyard bird count. He contacted John King and Bob
Henry, who also saw it on Saturday. I was leading trips at
the Salton Sea Bird Festival, so Jeff took me to see it this
evening, after I returned to Yuma.
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Thick-billed Kingbird |
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Thick-billed Kingbird, No.
Mockingbird, & European Starling
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On afternoon of the 21st, I returned to the site
and got some additional photos, including this photo where the
kingbird is consorting with other avian brethren. |
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The bird is close to the intersection of Somerton Ave and 32nd
Street, on the far west side of Yuma. It hangs out along a
canal on the east side side of 32nd Street.
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Thick-billed Kingbird at
Sunset
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If you visit this bird, please stay along the road
or the canal--while the property owners east of Somerton Ave. are
friendly, they have asked that we not stray onto their
property. Thanks! |
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