Kingbirds!

Tropical Kingbird

This morning a couple friends and I drove to a parking lot in Sarasota to find a Tropical Kingbird.  We found two there, and we had a lot of fun watching two of them flying from tree to tree and hawking insects.  At one point both of them looked like they were playing with their catch.  They'd toss the insect they caught into the air and then fly to catch it again.  They often did this a couple times before finally swallowing them. These were the first Tropical Kingbirds I've ever seen.

Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

After this, we drove up to Clearwater to find a Common Eider that had been seen there recently. Unfortunately, we didn't find it, but we did see a couple Gray Kingbirds. So with two more fun kingbirds to add to our lists, we had a pretty good day.

Gray Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Gray Kingbird