{"id":10854,"date":"2026-06-28T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=10854"},"modified":"2026-06-28T15:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:13:07","slug":"says-phoebe-with-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/28\/says-phoebe-with-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Say&#8217;s Phoebe With Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Late spring and summer is a time when many birds along the Platte River are breeding. So I headed down to the Audubon Center to check on the action. Last year we found a male and female American Redstart at this location. Maybe we could find another this year? Also last year, I found on spot where a Say&#8217;s Phoebe had raised some offspring. In the same location, alongside the footpath, I found this Say&#8217;s Phoebe perched atop a fence post.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3385-0007-Says-Phoebe-On-Post-Audubon.jpg\" alt=\"3385-0007-Says-Phoebe-On-Post-Audubon\" class=\"wp-image-10851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3385-0007-Says-Phoebe-On-Post-Audubon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3385-0007-Says-Phoebe-On-Post-Audubon-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Say&#8217;s Phoebe On Post, Audubon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Perhaps this was the same parent bird from last year? Or maybe this is one of the offspring? Anyway I decided to move on down the path to capture this Phoebe against a darker background before the bird flew.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3385-0009-Says-Phoebe-On-Post-No-2-Audubon.jpg\" alt=\"3385-0009-Says-Phoebe-On-Post-No-2-Audubon\" class=\"wp-image-10852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3385-0009-Says-Phoebe-On-Post-No-2-Audubon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3385-0009-Says-Phoebe-On-Post-No-2-Audubon-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Say&#8217;s Phoebe On Post No 2, Audubon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Later, on returning back to the parking lot, this Phoebe and its mate were foraging among the bushes. So I looked for a nest. There were two chicks were hollering for food, so I quickly made the following image before the parents returned.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip17-0571-Says-Phoebe-Chicks-On-Nest-Audubon.jpg\" alt=\"ip17-0571-Says-Phoebe-Chicks-On-Nest-Audubon\" class=\"wp-image-10853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip17-0571-Says-Phoebe-Chicks-On-Nest-Audubon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip17-0571-Says-Phoebe-Chicks-On-Nest-Audubon-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Say&#8217;s Phoebe Chicks On Nest, Audubon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>So you wonder, did I see that Redstart? Yes, I did, and some Hummingbirds, Warblers, Wrens and Pewees. But I found the Say&#8217;s Phoebe and the nest was fun to find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late spring and summer is a time when many birds along the Platte River are breeding. So I headed down to the Audubon Center to check on the action. Last year we found a male and female American Redstart at this location. Maybe we could find another this year? Also last year, I found on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2018,2143,1502,1702],"class_list":{"0":"post-10854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general","7":"tag-audubon","8":"tag-chicks","9":"tag-nest","10":"tag-phoebe"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMatQ-2P4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10854"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10868,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10854\/revisions\/10868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}