{"id":129537,"date":"2024-06-17T02:40:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T07:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=129537"},"modified":"2025-08-10T07:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:40:56","slug":"creekside-eastern-phoebe-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/06\/17\/creekside-eastern-phoebe-singing\/","title":{"rendered":"Creekside Eastern Phoebe Singing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another bird photo from my last trip to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, where this creekside Eastern Phoebe posed and sang for me for several minutes.<\/p>\n

\"CreeksideCreekside Eastern Phoebe singing \u2013 Nikon D500, f13, 1\/160, ISO 1600, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I actually heard this phoebe before I spotted it perched in the shadows of the trees next to Sandy Creek. Because of the shadows, I had some difficulty locating the phoebe at first, but then I found it.<\/p>\n

Within seconds, the phoebe flew across the road after some type of insect that it caught and swallowed in the roadside grasses. When it lifted off from the ground, I thought my opportunity to photograph it was over.<\/p>\n

To my surprise, the Eastern Phoebe flew to another branch close to my Jeep where the light was much better where it began to sing<\/span><\/a> and call<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The phoebe was so close that I even considered backing up a bit to give it more room. I decided against it since starting my vehicle’s engine might have startled the phoebe and caused it to fly away.<\/p>\n

Instead, I enjoyed every second that I had with this Eastern Phoebe in my viewfinder and listened to it sing. I’m working on adding images to my Eastern Phoebe photo gallery!<\/p>\n

It was a bright, clear day with little to no wind. The wind seems to blow here in south-central Oklahoma quite a bit. I’m not complaining, well, maybe a little. The wind is simply a fact of life here.<\/p>\n

I basically had the whole refuge to myself that early in the day to enjoy the birds and wildlife. I’m grateful that I took some time out in nature that morning.<\/p>\n

When I was leaving the refuge, I stopped and helped a box turtle across the road. I’m not sure the turtle appreciated my help, but knowing it was safe eased my mind.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Eastern Phoebe photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another bird photo from my last trip to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, where this creekside Eastern Phoebe posed and sang for me for several minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,14121,15144,13973,15021],"tags":[4004,13985,13984,4897,4072,11624,14123,4104,7321,7322,14122,4179,165,298],"class_list":["post-129537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-eastern-phoebes","category-johnston-county","category-oklahoma","category-tishomingo-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forests","tag-bottomlands","tag-branch","tag-calling","tag-creekside","tag-eastern-phoebe","tag-perched","tag-phoebe","tag-phoebes","tag-sayornis-phoebe","tag-singing-2","tag-spring","tag-tyrant-flycatchers-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t