The Eastern Phoebe Hummingbird - Critter 89

Wednesday, January 8, 2025
We saw the Eastern Phoebe Hummingbird quite early; the bird should migrate to our neighborhood around as soon as the end of February. 


Fig 01 - Perching, The Eastern Phoebee.

The best time to observe the Eastern Phoebe is about March, when peak migration from South (central) America to Southern Canada (North America), and stop by at our city, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

They may stay in our areas until late spring or summer, but very rare to be seen. The early migration for this year might be relate to severe weather at wintering grounds or lack of food sources.

The bird sounds like fee-bee. With “bee” slightly lower in tone. You can listen on the Merlin bird id app or the Audubon app. Probably available online as well.


Fig 02 - Cute little bird.

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Fig 03 - Seeds for wild birds, illustration only.

The bird might be attracted by our foods in the feeder. Our main food that is dried mealworms.

Moreover, in addition to the mealworms, we have both white and golden safflower, black oil sunflower seed, sunflower seeds with no shell, white millet, shelled peanuts, and suet nuggets.


Fig 04 - The Eastern Phoebe, calm

Have you heard the Eastern Phoebe Hummingbird sounds in nature?

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8 comments:

  1. I'll never get tired of seeing cute hummingbird photos. They're just so majestic.

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  2. Sweet shots. Oh, they won't get here until late April. Depends on how winter hangs on. And it's a cold one at the moment.

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  3. Good to know more about this bird. Thanks so much!

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  4. ...a cutie that I haven't seen here.

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  5. good information on the food. We usually do not see these cuties until the end of March or first of April. thanks for sharing....

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  6. Ohhh lovely bird
    I hope you have a nice day ♥

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  7. It's a beautiful bird.
    You put goodies for them in the feeder.

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