Eastern Phoebe

Description:

An eastern flycatcher, the Eastern Phoebe’s raspy “phoebe” call is a frequent sound around yards and farms in spring and summer. These brown-and-white songbirds sit upright and wag their tails from prominent, low perches. They typically place their mud-and-grass nests in protected nooks on bridges, barns, and houses, which adds to the species’ familiarity to humans. Hardy birds, Eastern Phoebes winter farther north than most other flycatchers and are one of the earliest returning migrants in spring.

Notes:

This Phoebe, who made it's nest on my boyfriend's parents porch is photographed on it's two favorite perches. When the photo was taken while it's in a bush with bugs in it's beak - it was waiting for me to leave the porch before it would go to feed it's chicks in the nest.