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Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

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Field Notes

Description:

Phoebe's perch on a branch and make continuous sorties for flying insects.

Notes:

There were three Phoebes competing for the same area near a pond, and with the temperatures in the mid-50s F the first insects of the year were flying about.

Reference Links:

Eastern Phoebe, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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