While working on lesson plans today for the next three weeks, I heard a bird calling seeming to say "fee bee...fee bee" and I quickly thought Eastern Phoebe. Even though I thought it was a Phoebe, I am still not good with many bird calls so I was not going to count a Phoebe towards my Big Year unless I could see it. I did not have to wait long. The Phoebe flew and perched in the gray birch tree outside the window that I was looking out of to see if the call I heard did indeed come from a Phoebe. You can also tell if a bird is a Phoebe by an interesting habit of the Phoebe - as it perches on a branch, it tends to wag, or pump, its tail up and down. Finally, don;t be too surprised if you see the Phoebe seem to fall to the ground and then fly back up to where it was almost instantaneously - it is only catching insects and returning to its 'high ground' to look for more from above.So, add an Eastern Phoebe to my Big Year...
Data: 4:07 pm; clear sunny skies with calm winds; 63F
36) Eastern Phoebe
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