In a message dated 7/17/2005 12:35:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
 writes:

I assume  something came along and attacked them. I don't think it would
be possible  for a raccoon or a snake to get to them from the garage roof--
they were  under a soffit and a land predator would have to have hung
from the  drainpipe to reach them. Is it likely that a hawk or maybe a crow
flew up  to the nest and wreaked havoc?


Pat,
 I have seen Blue Jays fly right up to a House Sparrow nest under my  eaves 
(built on the bend or elbow of the downspout, where it comes from the roof  to 
meet the edge of the front of the house), and take nestling(s) right from it.  
Perhaps that is what took your Phoebes.
 
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD