Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
The Eastern Phoebe’s normal range is pretty much east of the Rocky Mountains. Summers find them migrating north of the Mason-Dixon Line all the way into the southern zone of the North-West Territory (Canada). Some of their population remains year-round on the southeastern USA from Texas to Virginia. During winter, many of these birds stay in the deep south. We might find them from the south Atlantic coast through Florida, and all along the Gulf coast through Texas and in eastern Mexico.
Taxonomists regard the Eastern Phoebe as monotypic (i.e. no subspecies).
In the middle of January (2015), I met my first Eastern Phoebe. The individual must have lost its way, because it spent the winter in the Tijuana River Valley, near the Mexican border in San Diego County. This was far afield from the range we expect to find them. Since that first, out-of-place meeting, I have enjoyed their company in most places I have visited in Texas during the winter months. In 2023, I explored southeastern Canada and parts of northeastern USA. Yet it was only in Kansas that I recorded images.
19 Photos
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: This east coast bird spent this winter at the "Bird and Butterfly Garden" in the Tijuana River Valley. Near San Ysidro, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:27 10:14 |
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Location:
Bird and Butterfly Garden |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X5630-EasternPhoebe |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: This east coast bird spent this winter at the "Bird and Butterfly Garden" in the Tijuana River Valley. Near San Ysidro, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:27 10:20 |
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Location:
Bird & Butterfly Garden |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X5653-EasternPhoebe |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: This east coast bird spent this winter at the "Bird and Butterfly Garden" in the Tijuana River Valley. Near San Ysidro, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:27 10:22 |
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Location:
Bird & Butterfly Garden |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5665-EasternPhoebe |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: This east coast bird spent this winter at the "Bird and Butterfly Garden" in the Tijuana River Valley. Near San Ysidro, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:27 12:47 |
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Location:
Bird & Butterfly Garden |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X5733-EasternPhoebe |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: This east coast bird spent this winter at the "Bird and Butterfly Garden" in the Tijuana River Valley. Near San Ysidro, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:27 13:56 |
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Location:
Bird & Butterfly Garden |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X6053-EasternPhoebe |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: Busily hawking insects over the resaca was this Eastern Phoebe. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 10:27 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_D5X5631-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: Busily hawking insects over the resaca was this Eastern Phoebe. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 10:23 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_D5X5601-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: This was my first time meeting the Eastern Phoebe. I was staying at Cottonwood Camp, a primitive site eight miles from the end of the road at Santa Elena Canyon. I was lucky to book a night's stay and enjoy one of the birdiest sites in Big Bend National Park. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:03 11:05 |
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Location:
Cottonwood Camp |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_D5X7636-CottonwoodCamp |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: This was my first time meeting the Eastern Phoebe. I was staying at Cottonwood Camp, a primitive site eight miles from the end of the road at Santa Elena Canyon. I was lucky to book a night's stay and enjoy one of the birdiest sites in Big Bend National Park. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:03 10:53 |
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Location:
Cottonwood Camp |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_D5X7537-CottonwoodCamp |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: Eastern Phoebes on the reserve were all busy hawking insects on this warm day. I finally got my chance to visit Santa Ana National Wildlife Reserve this Sunday. I’ve wanted to explore there since my first trip to Texas in the Spring of 2020, but with the global pandemic, it was one of several locations that shut their doors to all visitors while I was here last spring. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:21 11:50 |
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Location:
Santa Ana NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_D5X4206-SantaAna-NWR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I was lucky that this Eastern Phoebe was vocalizing at Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, or I might not have had the confidence to call for its identity. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 9:55 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_8506285-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I was lucky that this Eastern Phoebe was vocalizing at Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, or I might not have had the confidence to call for its identity. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 9:55 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_8506284-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I spent the day south of Lawrence Kansas exploring the Baker Wetlands. Bird migration seemed in full swing, and I enjoyed every minute. |
Date Taken: 2023:04:27 8:43 |
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Location:
Baker Wetlands |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_ZX96969_BakerWetlands-KS |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I spent the day south of Lawrence Kansas exploring the Baker Wetlands. Bird migration seemed in full swing, and I enjoyed every minute. |
Date Taken: 2023:04:27 8:41 |
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Location:
Baker Wetlands |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_ZX96906_BakerWetlands-KS |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I spent the day south of Lawrence Kansas exploring the Baker Wetlands. Bird migration seemed in full swing, and I enjoyed every minute. |
Date Taken: 2023:04:27 8:41 |
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Location:
Baker Wetlands |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_ZX96891_BakerWetlands-KS |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I spent the day south of Lawrence Kansas exploring the Baker Wetlands. Bird migration seemed in full swing, and I enjoyed every minute. |
Date Taken: 2023:04:27 8:40 |
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Location:
Baker Wetlands |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_ZX96863_BakerWetlands-KS |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I spent a week visiting friends in Linwood Kansas, and spent parts of several days chasing yardbirds. Those I met were rather shy, and resisted posing for my camera, but I captured what I could. |
Date Taken: 2023:04:19 11:12 |
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Location:
Fall Leaf |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_ZX94550_Linwood-KS |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I spent a week visiting friends in Linwood Kansas, and spent parts of several days chasing yardbirds. Those I met were rather shy, and resisted posing for my camera, but I captured what I could. |
Date Taken: 2023:04:19 9:58 |
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Location:
Fall Leaf |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_ZX94374_Linwood-KS |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: I spent a week visiting friends in Linwood Kansas, and spent parts of several days chasing yardbirds. Those I met were rather shy, and resisted posing for my camera, but I captured what I could. |
Date Taken: 2023:04:17 7:44 |
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Location:
Fall Leaf |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_ZX94063_Linwood-KS |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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