I came across a pair of Eastern Kingbirds today eating sumac berries at Lake Park in Milwaukee. Some Gray Catbirds enjoyed the berries too along with some American Robins. These few Sumac plants at the park have been a food source for some many bird species this year it is amazing. It looked like to me these plants have plenty of food remaining on them too. Just part of a fun day out birding looking for warblers which there were some all over, but hard to get the list real big on the species you would expect to see this time of year. A cool start to the day but come noon it was hot out with good winds from the south. Mostly sunny skies, high was around 88 degrees. Images were taken on May 16, 2017.
Eastern Kingbird with a sumac berry…
Eastern Kingbird
Binomial name: Tyrannus tyrannus
Category: Tyrant Flycatchers
Size: 8.5” long, 15” wing span
Weight: 1.4 oz
Getting something good here…
Just posing…
Stabilizing after a gust of wind…
Gulp!
Maybe the most common pose we see the Eastern Kingbird in…
Makes me want to plant sumac bushes! Great photos – thanks for sharing.
Awesome. I really have not noticed our Kingbirds on Sumacs. Interesting. Thanks Jim.