Juvenile (prob hybrid) phoebe on fence

The two juvenile phoebes in the family I have been following seemed to have seen the same feeding feast that the Cedar Waxwings were enjoying and soon flew several hundred feet upstream from where they have been foraging to join in. After awhile this young phoebe perched on the fence only about 25 feet from me. It seemed almost overwhelmed by the number of insects, possibly from a localized caddis hatch, that are flyinItg around and near to it. The phoebes very black head stands out relative to it's body in this clip. It's tail is getting shaggy as it may be losing rectrices in a molt. After feasting for about 30 minutes, the insect hatch appeared to be over--the waxwing flew off upriver and the two young phoebes returned to where they have been foraging for days right near their nest location. SeEtta --don't forget to double-click on the box with the 4 arrows in the bottom right corner of the video clip to enlarge it to full screen viewing.

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