Birdland – Graceful Flycatcher
Graceful Flycatcher Here’s a cool fact about the Say’s Phoebe, courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Charles Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon, named the Say’s Phoebe after American naturalist Thomas Say, the first scientist on record to encounter the bird at a site near Cañon City, Colorado in 1819. With cinnamon-washed underparts, the Say’s Phoebe is fairly common in the Western United States. As in this shot, they can be seen hovering over the ground looking for insects, and then pounce once they spot their prey. This Say’s Phoebe was photographed at Bluff Lake by Park Hill resident Mark Silverstein.