In comparison with vibrant birds like rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, scarlet tanager and yellow warbler, the Eastern phoebe is downright drab with its gray-black and dingy white ...

Already some of our wintering birds are beginning to arrive in South Texas, and one of my favorites is the eastern phoebe. Almost every yard and field is claimed by one of these perky flycatchers. It ...

My first hearing of the Eastern phoebe was down the road on Route 474, right across from the town barns. The second was around the corner from my home. Finally, I heard it on my own property. Spring ...

Walking along a trail in a northern Illinois woodlands, I noticed the silhouette of our earliest arriving migratory flycatcher. It’s not a colorful bird — Its body and wings are grayish-brown, its ...

Most of us can identify a male cardinal. Our eyes quickly note the red color and the crest. Besides, cardinals hang around the feeder and rarely try to hide. A group of birds called flycatchers is a ...

Spring is officially here! The first eastern phoebes have arrived. No, folks, the robin is not the first bird of spring, it is "Sayornis phoebe." The robin has probably been around your yard all ...

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During the breeding season, a number of birds that belong to the flycatcher family appear in the southern mountains: eastern kingbirds and wood peewees, as well as great crested, olive-sided, least, ...

The still morning air has a snap to it despite the bright sunshine. I take a few moments to listen to the sharp "chit" of what I believe is probably an Eastern Phoebe nearby. Although I can't spot it ...

Lots of birds catch flies, but how they do it differs. Swallows swoop around and catch them on the wing. Warblers may fly out and nab one, but more often they poke around tree branches, gleaning them ...

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