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Wednesday, August 23, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters Country birds
By Douglas Beall
Correspondent
The animated and enthu-
siastic behaviors of the
Western kingbird (tyrannas
verticalis), are easily seen
in open areas throughout the
west.
Their buzzes and snap-
ping wings are heard as they
defend their nesting territo-
ries and fly-catch from open
perches. Arriving in April
from a winter in Central
America, they choose their
nesting site and both the
male and female defend
their territory. The male
has an impressive court-
ing display as he twists
and turns upward to 60 feet
and then cascades down
and tumbles toward the
ground.
The female builds the
nest [as the male twerts her
on] using rootlets, grasses,
stems, and plant fibers.
A final lining of hairs,
string, and wool is added
to protect the 2-7 white to
pinkish with dark blotched
eggs. Incubation for 12-19
days leads to a nesting
period of 13-19 days where
both parents are continually
bringing crickets, grasshop-
pers, beetles, wasps and an
occasional dragonfly to sat-
isfy the nestlings.
A collection of kingbirds
is referred to as a “tyranny,”
a “court” or a “coronation”
of kingbirds.
To view more images
of the Western kingbird,
visit http://abirdsings
becauseithasasong.com/
recent-journeys.
PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BEALL
The Western kingbird.
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2017, NSA’s annual conven-
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ing no-nonsense voice of a
former classroom teacher, she
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