bird photography : eastern kingbird

The Monday morning bird walks had reported the Eastern Kingbird for Huntley Meadows all throughout the spring, but Beth and John had themselves seen only phoebes before catching this nice-looking kingbird showing off his distinctively-marked flycatcher tail on a recent trip.

Equipment: Canon EOS 30D Canon EF 300mm f4L IS with 1.4x Teleconverter Settings: f6.3; 1/1250 sec.; focal length at 420 mm; ISO 500 Date: May 27, 2006 9:52 am Location: Huntley Meadows Park / Fairfax County, VA