Three kingbirds got into a big squabble in midair. At first I thought it was two against one, but then the ones that I thought were working together turned on each other. Lots of pecking and harassing of each other, and as is normal for kingbirds, a lot of noise. Another kingbird apart from the fracas sat on a piece of driftwood just buzzing away loudly until some people walked past and he moved to a fence post on the refuge boundary directly behind my head and called that buzzy call for many many minutes right into my ear. He was that close.
Kingbirds are bold.
Not shy at all. I saw one of my invisible little charges today too. It flew by over the water. I almost missed it because it wasn't calling, just flying its unmistakable ploverish flight toward the southwest. Her survey today counted 10 piping plover pairs on the refuge and 5 known nests.