Today was a great day for birding! We saw a new lifer: Brown Creeper. We also saw a Brown-headed Nuthatch, a female Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Pine Warbler, and more! Also, yesterday I saw 5 Purple Finches in a tree! (New lifer!)
This little Eastern Phoebe has been nesting by our barn for 2 years now! They are amazing parents! This is a female that I named Diva because, well I am sure you can figure that out. Her mate’s name is Duke.
Taken 5/29/2018. There was a nest under our neighbors wood side stairs for the 2nd year in a row
Day 15 Of The Nestling Phase/Period.
The cowbird already fledged.
❤️
Those phoebes are on top of an unhatched egg.
His name is bonbon. I named him!
Maya is doing a good job incubating all those eggs! I don’t know how she fits on top of them all!
Mr. phoebe, or “Dino” as I named him is bringing food to the little ones! Miss phoebe, or “maya” had to move out of the way!
This is mama phoebe and her nest.
This is an Eastern Phoebe nest located on the side of my house built on top of a vent pipe. The nest was discovered when I needed to clean the dryer vent located directly below the pipe vent. Nest construction began in late May. The first 4 eggs were spotted on 6/4 and the fifth egg appeared a day later on 6/5