{"id":7332,"date":"2016-04-06T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=7332"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:11:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:11:52","slug":"phoebe-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/phoebe-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoebe Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years back, a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audubon.org\/field-guide\/bird\/eastern-phoebe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Phoebes<\/a> decided to make themselves at home in the overhang of our porch. We look forward to their return every year. Phoebes are one of the first birds to return from the north and begin nesting. This was the case again this year. They are wonderful birds but they tend to make a mess, especially on our gutters. Phoebes are flycatchers (as you can see in the example below) and they kill their catch by bashing them against objects, in this case, our gutters. I saw a\u00a0Phoebe flying around with something in its mouth so I grabbed my camera and headed outside to photograph it before it made a mess. \u00a0As you can see, his catch is still intact.\u00a0The current status is that they have repaired their nest, laid their eggs and are currently taking turns incubating them. I will provide more photos when the young ones hatch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7329\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405-Eastern-Phoebe-WMG.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7329\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/phoebe-neighbors\/eastern-phoebe-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405-Eastern-Phoebe-WMG.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Eastern Phoebe&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1459861322&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2016&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Eastern Phoebe&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Eastern Phoebe\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Eastern Phoebe&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Eastern Phoebe&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405-Eastern-Phoebe-WMG-500x750.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405-Eastern-Phoebe-WMG-1000x1500.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7329\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405-Eastern-Phoebe-WMG.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Phoebe\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405-Eastern-Phoebe-WMG.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405-Eastern-Phoebe-WMG-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405-Eastern-Phoebe-WMG-500x750.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eastern Phoebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-7d-mark-ii\/\">Canon EOS 7D Mark II<\/a> using my <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-ef-100-400mm-f4-5-5-6l-is-ii-usm-lens\/\">Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6 II Lens<\/a> set on 400 mm. The camera was set on <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/aperture-priority\/\">Aperture priority<\/a> mode with the aperture set at f\/5.6, shutter speed at 1\/500th of a second and the ISO set at 125. This is a single image processed in Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>You can view my Birds of Texas collection by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/texas-birds\/\">here<\/a>. Please use the section below to post your comments, questions, or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1996\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/spider-spider-on-the-flower\/t-kahler-logo-white-no-c-mini\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-orig-size=\"177,49\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T Kahler Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T. 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Kahler Photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of Phoebes decided a few years ago to make themselves at home in the overhang of our porch and every year we look forward to their return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","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":[149],"tags":[44,480,705],"class_list":["post-7332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-austin","tag-birding","tag-eastern-phoebe","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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