Juvenile Black Phoebe
May 28, 2019 15:44:29 #
This little one visited my yard and perched on the pole where the old pool slide used to be mounted. Then took off to skim the water. I believe they are snatching up drowning bugs from the pool.
When I saw it I thought "Black Phoebe" but whats with the colors. Checked "All About Birds" and found all the buff and white marks are a juvenile.
7DII, 100-400L mk2 @ 400, 1/400 @ f/6.3, ISO 250 hand held at aprx 50' under cloudy skies.
When I saw it I thought "Black Phoebe" but whats with the colors. Checked "All About Birds" and found all the buff and white marks are a juvenile.
7DII, 100-400L mk2 @ 400, 1/400 @ f/6.3, ISO 250 hand held at aprx 50' under cloudy skies.
May 28, 2019 18:48:00 #
May 29, 2019 00:27:32 #
May 29, 2019 21:30:33 #
What a beauty, Jerry, and a bird I've never had the pleasure of seeing! Super shot!!
May 29, 2019 22:06:08 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
What a beauty, Jerry, and a bird I've never had the pleasure of seeing! Super shot!!
Thanks
It is a Central America, Mexico, SW US and West Coast to Southern Oregon bird.
The adult is almost pure black except the belly which is white. There is a variation with some white bars on the wings. They hang around water and catch flying insects or snatch them off the water.
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