Phoebes have a gentle quality, do they not?

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Phoebes have a gentle quality, do they not?
Somewhere out there a Veery fledgling is hopping around in the shadows, an Empid Flycatcher is utterly indifferent to a birder's confusion (I think it was a Willow), plants are soaking up some much-needed rain, a soggy Song Sparrow is perched in a shrub, Papa Bobolink is making a caterpillar NestDash™️ delivery, a snail is scooting up a blade of grass until it tips over under the weight (I watched it happen..), an Eastern Phoebe is keeping a sharp eye out for bugs, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is hammering away, Hemlock Varnish/Reishi mushrooms are decorating the woods with bursts of red, and an Eastern Chipmunk is actually just part of the bark (don't worry about it). Why don't you think about that.
Eastern Phoebe!
2025 year in review - my favorite photos captured this year. I really had such a fantastic summer with the wood ducklings. I couldn't narrow it down to fewer duckling photos.
Thank you all for your kind comments and hilarious tags.
Went to see if eastern phoebes have returned to the park. I checked yesterday and didn’t see any but today there they were!
spring migration spring migration spring migration !!!
Another day at bird banding
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
October 15, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
All birds were handled and banded for research purposes under state and federal permits
Eastern Phoebe Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1