Birds and Nature

I found two Say's Phoebes foraging near each other in northern Hildago County, Tx just over a week ago. I stopped by several days ago but couldn't find one but did find one yesterday. Unfortunately these pics were backlit badly so after adjusting exposure to see the bird the background loses color. SeEtta

I found this industrious Say's Phoebe carrying food to nestlings under a small bridge in Fremont County, Colo. On two of the trips the phoebe made it carried grasshoppers, a good meal for nestlings. Notice that the grasshopper in the top pic is mostly green. Now see that the grasshopper in the middle pic is kind of tan colored (mostly) but with blue legs. This can be more clearly seen in the bottom pic which is an enlargement of the other. Do double-click on each pic for very good super close-up views of the bird and the grasshoppers. SeEtta