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Re: Baby Phoebes

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Rick Sussman

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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:07:09 EDT

Hi Felicia,
 Since you seem to have so many Phoebe's around I was wondering if  you've 
(ever) seen one eat fruit? I watched what I am almost certain was a young  
Phoebe (it was partially hidden by the fence it was perched on) sallying into 
 one of our thornless blackberries and taking bits of berries, then 
returning to  eat it on the fence. I've never seen a Phoebe eat fruit, so was 
wondering if it  was normal behavior...
 
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
 
 
In a message dated 7/19/2009 6:35:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:

The  Eastern Phoebe in my barn fledged two broods this year for a total of
ten  chicks.

There are baby phoebes everywhere: around the barn, on the  fence, on the
deck, on the clothes line. The two garden phoebes fight daily  over who get
to perch on the top of the Butterfly Bush.

My favorite  observations: 

This morning a (very confused) phoebe mistook a  hummingbird at the feeder
for a giant bug. The hummer was not at all  amused!

These phoebes take flycatching micro baths: after drinking they  charge the
water for a fraction of a second.

Felicia  Lovelett
Sykesville, MD


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