Baymule’s Journal

[fuzzi]

Anybody know what kind of bird these babies are?

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I don't know for sure, but iNaturalist said probably in the Phoebe family. That's good, they are flycatchers!

I think they might be Eastern Phoebes.

Eastern Phoebe Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

One of our most familiar eastern flycatchers, the Eastern Phoebe’s raspy “phoebe” call is a frequent sound around yards and farms in spring and summer. These brown-and-white songbirds sit upright and wag their tails from prominent, low perches. They typically place their mud-and-grass nests in...

www.allaboutbirds.org

 

[Mini Horses]

Eastern Phoebe.....per my Lens program

 

[Baymule]

Goldfinch?????

No, parents are a drab brown

 

[Baymule]

Baby birds fledged yesterday afternoon! I was sitting outside on the porch just in case they hopped out of the nest, I could grab them before the dogs did. The one out on the porch beam, just took off flying! It landed on the coop, then flew to the fence.

It didn’t flutter, hit the ground or anything clumsy, it just took off flying! Soon another, then another and finally one was left. It took off flying too. The parent birds flew all around encouraging their babies to follow. They all disappeared in the brush on the property next door.

 

[Baymule]

DD and family came in last night, left this morning with their dogs!

 

[fuzzi]

DD and family came in last night, left this morning with their dogs!