KREEtaperrr, Kiskadeee, Christopher, BEE-tee-WEE
Whatever dialect you choose, the raucous Great Kiskadee will say something that you will understand. This handsome passerine perches conspicuously in treetops in small groups, and due to its coloration, it is very easy to locate.
Common is dense woodlands, as well as around a water source, this perching songbird sometimes consumes fish, lizards, insects, and berries.
Seen only from spring through summer and until migration, a Great Kiskadee presented itself at Red Slough in McCurtain County in 2012. It had been seen several times during that stretch, but was the only time recorded on eBird. As several people there would agree, it was a very eye-catching vagrant.
Open and second growth wood lots appeal to them, as do scrubby irrigation channels, and suburbs when in a breeding area. In the tropics and subtropics, they are within shade-grown coffee farms, and citrus and banana plantations.
Great Kiskadee
Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX 2017
These bold large flycatchers will eat animal or vegetable matter, human offerings, and even steal cat and dog food from the dishes.
Commonly found in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas as a permanent resident, this is one subspecies out of ten seen worldwide. In 1957, the large flycatcher was introduced to Bermuda to control the large number of lizards. It has proliferated to this day, and was never interested in Caribbean amphibians as a food source. Only rarely will it migrate to Arizona.
In flycatcher fashion, it will mob hawks and larger birds due to its nature.
More of the Great Kiskadee and the Lower Rio Grande Valley:
https://debhirt.blogspot.com/2017/02/birding-on-shoestring-days-11-through-13.html
https://debhirt.blogspot.com/2017/02/days-one-and-two-of-birding-lower-rio.html
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