Wasp-catcher

  

Lots of wind on Bodega Head today (22 October 2022), but I caught up with a Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) in the lee of some shrubs.

 

  

I spent a little time trying to figure out what the kingbird was feeding on.  Most of the time I couldn't quite tell, but in one photo it looked like it had caught a wasp:

 

 

Tropical Kingbirds are rare but regular fall vagrants to California, with 1-4 records/year in Sonoma County.

P.S.  For more photos from October 2021, see the post called "Tropical view".