Tropical
Kingbird
World's End Reservation, Hingham, MA 11/11-16/2000
This bird
was located on 11/8/2000 by Sally Avery and relocated on 11/9
by Sally and
Helen Cross. It was identified as a Tropical Kingbird by its call.
It was relocated by a
variety of people on 11/11. I managed to get these photos, shooting
through
my telescope with my digital camera. The images are grainy due
to the
gray, overcast conditions. (more photos from subsequent days below)
click on a thumbnail for a larger image
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Note yellow
breast and belly (all images); dark eye patch (3,5); long, heavy,
straight bill (5,6); notched tail (3-7); and green/gray back (8).
I went
back on 11/12/2000 and got a few more shots in better light:
These pix are
all vignetted because I was too close to shoot at normal zoom.
Kind of looks like the bird is silhouetted against a full moon,
doesn't it?
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this image is big!
I went back on
11/16/2000 and found the bird again at the
same (Planter's Hill) spot. I managed to get a couple more shots.
