#eastern kingbird

[ronthafrog]

little homie lookin’ very content with his meal

[greycatbird]

Everything is exploding with color. Love all the late spring greens and pinks and oranges :)

[ilikeloons]

Eastern Kingbird. Huntley Meadows, VA May 2025.

[megan-the-artoonist]

“Peep and the Big Wide World”

Watercolor and colored pencil, 21.5x16”

Last summer I photographed what I think was a young Eastern Kingbird at my favorite lake. It was hopping around and chirping with some older family members flying nearby. I walked it over to safety off the path and it pecked at my shoes! I got so close I could see the big wide world reflected in its little eye.

I had been meaning to paint it ever since that encounter. I started with a detailed pencil sketch, went in with watercolor, and then added some feather highlights back in with white colored pencil. I’ll make a video showing photos I took after each session.

[iridescent-wildlife]

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). Family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes.

Oklahoma, USA. May 2020.

[abirddogmoment]

This nursery marsh (as I've been thinking of it) was home to a ton of american coots, eared grebes, gadwalls, and ruddy ducks who were all raising their young of different ages. I was able to watch all the different life stages in one place, it was so so cool.

Bird species are in the Alt Text. See if you can guess the species or family before clicking 👀

[aydenburd-photography]

Boulder County, CO — July 2026

[accidental-rabbit]

birdwatching collage :)