{"id":16572,"date":"2012-07-14T21:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5322"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:26:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:26:52","slug":"western-kingbird-on-barbed-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/western-kingbird-on-barbed-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Kingbird on Barbed Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=20320310172&amp;xfbml=1\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nFB.Event.subscribe('edge.create', function(response) { \t\t\t\t\t\t_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','SocialSharing','Facebook - like button',unescape(String(response).replace(\/+\/g, \" \"))]); \t\t\t\t\t});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function() { \t\t\t\t    var po = document.createElement(\"script\"); po.type = \"text\/javascript\"; po.async = true; \t\t\t\t    po.src = \"https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/plusone.js\"; \t\t\t\t    var s = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); \t\t\t\t  })();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) appear to have had a wonderful nesting season here in Utah because there are plenty of young birds perching on wires and branches loudly demanding food from the frazzled looking adults.<\/p>\n<p>When I first spotted this adult Western Kingbird on Mondayon the roadfrom the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour loopit was perched below a cross beam on an old fence and it appeared to be resting in the shade of the beam above it. Can&rsquo;t say I blame the bird because at only 9:55 am the temperature was already close to 90.<\/p>\n<p>When the Kingbird moved to this strand of barbed wire it kept the upper portion of its wings slightly away from its body, probably to help keep it cooler.<\/p>\n<p>I was fairly close to this bird, I had to back my zoom up so the bird would fit in the frame without clipping parts of it and I selected f10 so I would have a bit more depth of field to get the bird and barbed wire sharply in focus.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure id=\"attachment_101146\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 860px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101146 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/western-kingbird-mia-mcpherson-4582.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"850\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Western Kingbird &ndash; Nikon D200, f10, 1\/750, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 264mm, natural light<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Mia OnTheWingPhotography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) appear to have had a wonderful nesting season here in Utah because there are plenty of young birds perching on wires and branches loudly demanding food from the frazzled looking adults. 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