Well, this was kind of a fun thing to see. As I sat waiting for my foxy friends to appear, this Say’s phoebe landed on a metal pole with a bright green caterpillar in its mouth. Before eating it, it slapped it repeatedly against the pole creating a green, gooey mess. I have no idea what the purpose for doing that is (perhaps to soften it up?) but it was fun to see. Says phoebes are common across the western United States and are named after Thomas Say, an American naturalist that first documented the bird near Canon City, Colorado in 1819.
