[va-richmond-general] Re: Phoebe question

["Michael Shapiro" <sc.tanager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting. While we don't have any bridges at school, there are some light 
fixtures and other things it might like. I haven't seen or heard the bird since 
that day, but it was near a door I don't normally use. I'll have to try that 
area again and look for the bird or nesting signs. 
Michael Shapiro
Short Pump
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: WEalding@xxxxxxx 
  To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 1:57 PM
  Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Phoebe question


  Following up on Michael's question from about a month ago - I saw and heard  
  one doing exactly the same thing at Pocahontas on Friday morning.  It was  
  calling from the rail of the pedestrian bridge over Swift Creek, in the boat  
  ramp area.  My suspicion, since it was in the vicinity of the bridge, was  
that 
  it might be nesting on the structure, and that it was some kind of  
  aggression/territorial call.
   
  Wendy Ealding
   
  I saw what had to be an Eastern Phoebe at school this morning during our  
  hour delay. It confused me, however, because it didn't call FEE-bee, nor did 
it  
  make a single call note as described in various field guides. Instead, it 
made 
  a  short, quick, soft, double-note call that resembled "chip-chip" or 
  "chib-beck."  The two notes were equally accented (or rather, neither note 
was 
  accented). The  bird looked and acted (tail pumping and flycatching behavior) 
like 
  an Eastern  Phoebe in every other way. Could this have been a young bird that 
  hadn't learned  its song/call completely? Anyone else ever hear a Phoebe 
sound 
  like I described?  Thanks.
  Michael Shapiro
  Short Pump
  (bird observed in  Cumberland)


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