Eastern Phoebe
| Sayornis phoebe | Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers) |
Sayornis phoebe
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
This hardy little flycatcher arrives fairly early in spring. Nests, often built on houses or other buildings, or on bridges and other structures, are lined with green mosses.
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Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- The Sapsucker–Hummingbird Connection 2024
- April Is the Cruelest Month 2023
- Winter Bird Song, Part I 2022
- Our Not-So-Far-Flung Correspondents: Letter from Aleda 2021
- Looking for the Special Ones 2021
- May in August 2020
- A Conversation with Don Kroodsma, Part 5: European Starling 2020
- Gone with the Wind 2018
- Eastern Towhee's Got a Name 2018
- Where have all the insects gone? 2017
- Hog Island Audubon Camp 2016
- The Bird Savorer 2013
- Easter Weekend in Port Wing 2006
- Migration Update 2006
- Migration on High: Monitoring the Empire State Building in 2005 2005
- April is the cruelest month 2004
- Spring Migratory Flocks 2003
- Solving Bird Problems 2002
- House Karma 2001
- Owl pellets 2001
- Black-backed Woodpecker 2001
- Altruism 1999
- Spring is here—almost 1997
- A Day in the Life 1994
- Baby Phoebes 1994
- Phoebes (Placeholder) 1994
- Phoebe (Placeholder) 1993
- Sounds of Spring Migration 1991
- Birds That Say Their Names 1989
- Phoebe 1989
- Early Spring Songs 1989
- Couch Potato Birding 1989
- Eastern Phoebe 1987
- Early Signs of Spring 1987
- Birds That Say Their Names 1986