[EBB Sightings] Young yard birds

Debbi Brusco wrote:
> I also saw a Black Phoebe in the yard  ... had brought a young one
> which was on a different branch. The young one was lighter and was a
> little streaky on the breast. ... It sometimes flew away from the
> adult. The adult flew to a tree in the back, and the young one flew
> from wherever it was to join it, perching right next to it. That may
> be only the second time I've seen two Phoebes together.

Last year - or maybe it was the year before - on one of the Lake Merritt 
bird walks, we saw a phoebe family parked on the fence around the 
bowling green: several youngsters sitting a few feet apart while mama 
hunted bugs. Instead of all black, their back and upper wing feathers 
were black edged with chestnut, giving them a wonderfully scaly look....

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