{"id":80840,"date":"2021-03-09T06:40:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T13:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=80840"},"modified":"2024-06-08T08:25:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T13:25:58","slug":"says-phoebe-a-bird-i-listen-for-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/03\/09\/says-phoebe-a-bird-i-listen-for-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Say’s Phoebe – A Bird I Listen For In March"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Say’s Phoebe perched on a barbed wire fence \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The calls of a Say’s Phoebe are among the sounds I listen for in March and they are the first members of the tyrant flycatcher family I see each year in northern Utah. Some Say’s Phoebes even overwinter in Utah and I believe the earliest I have heard them is in February.<\/p>\n

So far this year I haven’t yet heard the call<\/span><\/a> or song<\/span><\/a> of a Say’s Phoebe but I know it won’t be long. I’d bet I just haven’t been in the right location to hear or see one yet while I have been in the field. I expect to see or hear my first of the year Say’s Phoebe soon.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Say’s Phoebe perched on sagebrush \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I find Say’s Phoebes in deserts, sagebrush steppes, farms, ranches, mountain canyons, hillsides, grasslands, prairies, and near rocky cliffs. Usually I hear these phoebes before I see them. Typically they perch while they look for their prey.<\/p>\n

Say’s Phoebes aren’t what I would think of as flashy birds with their gray-brown backs, heads, tails, and wings but the touch of pale rufous on their bellies is very appealing to me and shows up well in my photos. Most of the time.<\/p>\n

On a more personal level, I received my first dose of the Coronavirus vaccine yesterday and other than having sore, stiff joints I haven’t felt any bad side effects. I will get my second dose at the end of this month and two weeks after that I will be able to resume a more “normal” life. Whatever normal means now. Does anyone really know what our new normal is going to be? I know I will still be taking precautions even after my second dose of the vaccine. It does feel good to have the first dose onboard.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

The calls of a Say’s Phoebe are among the sounds I listen for in March and they are the first members of the tyrant flycatcher family I see each year in northern Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1148,2537,26],"tags":[4004,4430,2304,3466,4098,11097,3830,3808,4884,4038,11100,11096,4104,7321,7322,9417,11098,11099,2817,4057,2660,2539,2538,5050,298],"class_list":["post-80840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-says-phoebes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-barbed-wire","tag-calls","tag-cliffs","tag-desert","tag-farms","tag-fence","tag-flycatcher","tag-flycatchers","tag-grasslands","tag-hilsides","tag-mountain-canyons","tag-perched","tag-phoebe","tag-phoebes","tag-prairies","tag-ranches","tag-rocky-cliffs","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-sagebrush-steppe","tag-says-phoebe","tag-sayornis-saya","tag-songs","tag-tyrant-flycatchers-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-adult-perched-mia-mcpherson-3642.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-l1S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58584,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/06\/16\/immature-says-phoebe-in-northern-utah\/","url_meta":{"origin":80840,"position":0},"title":"Immature Say’s Phoebe In Northern Utah","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It is always a thrill for me to photograph Say's Phoebes so when I spotted a family group of them yesterday morning in northern Utah I was delighted.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Immature Say's Phoebe perched on barbed wire, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-immature-perched-mia-mcpherson-2766.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-immature-perched-mia-mcpherson-2766.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-immature-perched-mia-mcpherson-2766.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-immature-perched-mia-mcpherson-2766.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":70810,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/06\/12\/says-phoebes-and-sagebrush\/","url_meta":{"origin":80840,"position":1},"title":"Say’s Phoebes And Sagebrush","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Over time I have come to associate Say's Phoebes with sagebrush because I don't think I have ever seen or photographed one of these phoebes where there wasn't sage nearby here in northern Utah.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sagebrush and an adult Say's Phoebe, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-adult-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-3597.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-adult-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-3597.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-adult-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-3597.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/says-phoebe-adult-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-3597.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":90189,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/06\/11\/says-phoebe-in-sage\/","url_meta":{"origin":80840,"position":2},"title":"Say’s Phoebe In Sage","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I think Rufous-bellied Phoebe would be a great name instead of Say's Phoebe, with or without the hyphen. 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