Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)

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Field Notes

Description:

Gray bird with yellow chest, white chin, long black, forked tail that have white outer feathers and a dark line through eye.

Habitat:

Unknown dormant tree at Shady Lake in Kit Carson Park. "These birds migrate to their winter quarters between Southern California and northern Central America. They are permanent residents in south-central Mexico, and their main wintering ranges are west of the Sea of Cortez on Baja California Sur, and east of the sea on the mainland of western Mexico." - Wikipedia

Notes:

"They build a bulky nest on a horizontal tree limb in mid-story or the canopy of trees. The three to five spotted white eggs have an incubation period of 18 to 19 days." - Wikipedia

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Cassin's Kingbird

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