Eastern Phoebe

Description: 7" dull olive-green without eye ring or wing bars, wags its tail, olive wash on flanks, yellow wash on belly in fall plumage, dark bill	Habitat: Woodlands near streams, suburbs, farmyards, bridges over streams and small rivers, rocky ravines. Nests in eaves and rafters and under bridges. Wags tail slowly after landing. Usually near water. Tame.
Nesting: 4-5 white eggs in a in a mud and grass nest lined with moss and hair and attached to a ledge of a building, bridge, or cliff	Range: breeds from Canada south to northern edge of gulf states, winters from Virginia across gulf states south
Voice: clear phoe-be repeated several times, second syllable alternately higher and lower than the first, call note a distinctive chip	Diet: insects, occasionally small fish and frogs. Berries, few seeds, mostly in winter.

Notes: John James Audubon once tied small wire around leg of Eastern Phoebe -- the first bird banding experiment in North America,

When present in Oklahoma: more abundant in summer months, mostly south and southeast during winter months