Hi All,
I watched three Western Kingbirds yesterday around the usual nesting site (having nested down the alley last year). There were two males fighting.
The two male Western Kingbirds were at first just chasing one another, with the female clearly watching them. This aerial sparring then turned more vicious. They then clung together as they spiraled down to the ground where they vigorously attacked one another. Finally they both flew away, and one male then soon returned near to the female on the wire above their nesting site. A little later I saw the female inspecting the metal bracket upon which the nest is usually built.
Watched them today just flying out to catch insects. No sign of the second male.
------Ken Kinman (Hays, Kansas)
