This week's Bird of the Week is Eastern Phoebe!
Eastern Phoebes are slightly larger than House Sparrows. They have a light-olivish belly and a gray back and a blackish head. They are tyrant flycatchers, and like most of them, they catch insects from the air. Unlike many, which do it from high perches, Eastern Phoebes prefer low perches not far of the ground. They then often swoop down to catch an insect and sometimes land on the ground. These birds live in open woodlands where there are low branches and many insects,
They breed in the nothern harlf of the U.S. east of the Rockies, and also in southern Canada. They winter in the southeast, but are year round over much of their range there. In New York City, they can be seen from March through April and from late September through early November, In Central Park, they can be found most easily at any sort of exposed clearing with low perches, often at eye level.
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