[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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