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Eastern Phoebe -
(Sayornis phoebe)
 

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Identification

  • Small flycatcher, dark above, light below
  • Head darker than back
  • Plain wings
  • Wags tail slowly up and down
  • 7" (18 cm.)

Habitat

  • Woody vegetation
  • Residential areas, bridges

Additional Information

  • Common migrant and summer resident
  • Nests on rock ledges, ledges of buildings,
         and on bridges
  • Uses moss in nest construction
  • Song is two-noted "fee--bee"

Profile of an eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe close up 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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