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| Black Phoebe (taken 3/6/11) |
Kino and I took a morning stroll today to the lake. I heard a one note call which was not instantly recognizable until after I spotted the bird. The Black Phoebe has not been seen in our neighborhood in months and is not a regular summer visitor so his appearance was a nice surprise.
As I got closer to the "big," lake I thought I heard a short metallic trill but the calls of a multitude of Great-tailed Grackles drowned out the call. I coaxed Kino closer, hoping to hear it again, and hoping my assumption as to its owner was correct. It had been years, it seemed, since I'd seen it here at this lake. It gave another short trilly burst just as some grackles cackled. Kino sensed I was birding
