The Black Phoebe in pen and ink.
Every year we have an addition built on our home. We don’t build it ourselves. The black phoebe families build their mud and twig nests under our western roof peaks when they come to stay.
This beautifully beak crafted addition to our home is a classic phoebe nest.
At a different roof peak, another phoebe family built their new nest on top of last seasons nest. I think this addition was built by the Picasso of the Phoebe world.
These little flycatchers strike fear in the hearts of mosquitoes! They’re always welcome moving in with us. Besides, I don’t mind a little mud.
“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”
Aesop
THE FORESTER ARTIST 