During their migration period, the Eastern Kingbird is reasonably common around the Lake. The chicks have now fledged, but are still being fed by their parents.
The first two pictures are old and are included to merely set the stage. The rest are from the last couple of days.
On June 21, a parent sits in the nest.
On July 15 the parents are feeding chicks in the nest with a dragonfly.
Now, the chicks are fledged and a parent searches endlessly on the wing for insects.
A parent has caught a dragonfly.
A chick sitting away from the nest opens a wing.
A chick eats a dragonfly that a parent supplied.
Another chick has received a dragonfly from a parent. Photo by Cynthia Fraser.
And proceeds to eat it. Photo by Cynthia.
I didn’t manage a shot of a parent feeding a dragonfly to a chick, but did get one of a parent feeding a snowberry to a chick.
great photos Alistair!!
These are amazingly spectacular photos! Thank you for sharing!