Cycroft Photography: Photo of Eastern Phoebe
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The Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) is a small passerine and one of the flycatchers that breeds in eastern North America. The Eastern Phoebe sings its familiar “fee-bee” song throughout Ontario in spring and summer. They arrive early in the spring and their late departure allow them to nest twice a season. Bees and wasps are favorite food of Eastern Phoebes, along with beetles, butterflies, grasshoppers and flies. These birds have a wide, flat bill, and hairy bristles at the base of their bills to help them funnel insects into their mouths.