Say’s Phoebe Nesting Material

Say’s Phoebe Nesting Material

Say’s Phoebes are birds that flew under my radar for a long time — they aren’t big, they aren’t small, they aren’t flashy, and their song is just two slurred notes.

It was the song that eventually caught my ear, and led me to figure out what I was hearing, and seeing.

Say's Phoebe at a backyard bird feeder station. The Phoebe is perched on an arm of the feeder tree. Behind it is a wire cage with hair in it. Say's Phoebes are medium sized perching birds, with grey-ish tan heads and backs, with a paler breast grading into a reddish belly. Their beaks, eyes and feet are all black. In this shot, the phoebe has a karge mouthful of hair.

Since then, I’ve heard them a lot, and occassionally seen them at the feeders.

But yesterday, I saw one picking out dog hair for it’s nest. It got a nice beak-full.

Say's Phoebe at a backyard bird feeder station. The Phoebe is perched on an arm of the feeder tree. Behind it is a wire cage with hair in it. Say's Phoebes are medium sized perching birds, with grey-ish tan heads and backs, with a paler breast grading into a reddish belly. Their beaks, eyes and feet are all black. The Phoebe is looking down in disgust, having dropped half of it's haul of dog hair.

And then it dropped half of it. Don’t ya hate it when that happens?

Say's Phoebe at a backyard bird feeder station. The Phoebe is perched on an arm of the feeder tree. Behind it is a wire cage with hair in it. Say's Phoebes are medium sized perching birds, with grey-ish tan heads and backs, with a paler breast grading into a reddish belly. Their beaks, eyes and feet are all black. The Phoebe has its wings spread just a touch as it tries to regain its balance on the feeder arm.

It was so upset that it lost it’s balance for a moment.

Say's Phoebe at a backyard bird feeder station. The Phoebe is perched on an arm of the feeder tree. Behind it is a wire cage with hair in it. Say's Phoebes are medium sized perching birds, with grey-ish tan heads and backs, with a paler breast grading into a reddish belly. Their beaks, eyes and feet are all black. The Phoebel is stretching back to the wire cage of dog hair to grab another hunk. Its wings are partially spread to help it keep its balance.

Then it leaned in and grabbed a bunch more.

Say's Phoebe at a backyard bird feeder station. The Phoebe is perched on an arm of the feeder tree. Behind it is a wire cage with hair in it. Say's Phoebes are medium sized perching birds, with grey-ish tan heads and backs, with a paler breast grading into a reddish belly. Their beaks, eyes and feet are all black. With its beak once again full of dog hair, the Phoebe is ready to return to its nest.

Satisfied once again with its haul, it flew off to line its nest.

Amy Law

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2 responses to “Say’s Phoebe Nesting Material”

  1. Tails Around the Ranch Avatar
    Tails Around the Ranch

    Fantastic images of nature adapting to its environment, Amy. Hope the Says Phoebe has a lovely nesting condo. 😉

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  2. Martha Johnston Avatar
    Martha Johnston

    Charming little friend!

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