Photos / Sounds

What

Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)

Observer

finatic

Date

January 9, 2015 03:05 PM PST

Description

Clark County, Nevada, US

This Say's Phoebe was moving around and hunting from the Desert Bighorn Sheep. It spent time picking flies off from around the ears of some of the sheep plus the more routine diving out and capturing insects from the near the ground.
One of the young sheep was fascinated by the Say's Phoebe and kept trying to get as close to is as possible, and looked like it was trying to sniff it.
The big male ram of the group wasn't too happy with the bird using its rear end for a hunting perch. The look in his eyes is awesome as he stared at the bird.