Suboscines

Point Reyes National Seashore

Machu Picchu

This Western Kingbird was engaged in aerial combat with a Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii). Well, it was actually more a harrassment then combat. Kingbirds and other flycatchers harrass all hawks and Ravens on general principal - never give 'em an inch!

Glen Canyon Park

This Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) woke me up every morning for a week this spring at 4:15 a.m. He sings it over and over and over and....... for about a half hour. There are minor variations, interspersed with very low volume, highly modulated vocalizations.

East Wash

Here's what happens if two Western Kingbirds think you're getting a little too close to their baby, which is sitting in the tree right above your head (you discover after you are repeatedly dive-bombed while recording). Note how similar their "alarm" call is to so many other bird species'.

East Wash

Cassin's Kingbirds (Tyrannus vociferans) replace our Western Kingbirds in Arizona in the Fall. This one is chasing a Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) away from his hunting territory.

Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden

Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius) - I included this one to show how different Woodcreeper sounds can be. He was recorded at Monteverde (Costa Rica) way off in the forest.

Reserva Monteverde

This Cocoa (formerly Buff-throated) Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus sussurans (formerly lumped in with X. guttatus)) was our alarm clock at Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica) - he sings the first parts over and over and over every 6 seconds for 30+ minutes in the morning, occasionally including the "churrs". Woodcreepers are some of those notoriously difficult to identify by sight birds, but each has it's unique song.

Tikal

Tacambaro

Temescaltepec

Lamanai Ruins River Trip

East Wash

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Xalapa, Macacuitepl Park

Cave Creek Canyon--South Fork

East Wash

Nelson Lake Forest Preserve

Belleplain State Forest