May 31, 2026

There has been an Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) nest on top of the light at my back door for a bit now. The residents have been extremely cautious and I would not even know that it’s there except for the nest itself sitting there in plain view, high above.

This afternoon my *always on the alert for all things nature oriented* husband noticed a bird sitting on the hook in the vegetable garden, and called my attention to it. It was sitting there looking just like a Phoebe, and flicked its tail like they always do but something was wrong. The bird had an incredibly subtle wrong color look about it. Head and wings with a slight cinnamon tint rather than the expected total gray look. Chest speckled rather than a more solid gray.

Turns out this is a juvenile from that nest. First time my camera has ever captured one!

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