Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on June 08, 2025, 12:30:21 PM
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Homer said that too many kings can ruin an army, but he said it in Greek and he was probably drunk at the time. Now, having too many kingbirds isn’t a genuine occurrence because they are aggressively territorial and value the meaning of hegemony. Show me a picture of a large flock of kingbirds and I’ll show you someone that really knows how to use photoshop.
I have always had a thing for flycatchers but I’m taking meds for that condition. While most people think of Trail’s flycatchers, or imagine the Great crested character, the fact remains that a kingbird is still a flycatcher and therefore I’m keen to photograph one when given the chance. They are not always tolerant of intruders and seldom suffer fools, so I have my work cut out for me. A kingbird on its throne must be approached with deference. I look away, or look downward, or pick a weed, with my head bowed, showing both deference and indifference while deciding whether that is an oxymoron. Before I know it, I’m right up next to a kingbird still perched and mildly stunned by my appreciation of syntax. That’s when I slowly raise my head, lift my lens and shoot. This one still didn’t fly away. It seems that anointing the fence wire with Crazy Glue really does work.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-zkkn6hK/0/MmFWf2nV3k5DTGhDhbsbbzDTSTVQxwf7qCBTQ96dt/M/Kingbird%2C3%2C6%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-zkkn6hK/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-RqphWMK/0/MQmcJNfG4vmcVXSZRWqbcLqDdcWXs2cQMQxrhxRVX/M/E.Kingbird%2Cfence%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-RqphWMK/A)