Bee martin
kingbird.
Historical Examples
The kingbird is sometimes called the “bee martin” because he occasionally snaps up the drones.
Under the Maples John Burroughs
Saw the speckled woodpecker, bee martin and log cock or large woodpecker.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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