Black Phoebe & Western Wood-Pewee
This morning juvenile Black Phoebe that I have been following the past few days at my friend's farm near Canon City was feeding in some weeds where a Western Wood-pewee also was feeding. Each was flying down towards the ground to feed. Though both species usually sally out to catch insects in the air, they do take insects on the ground or on objects. The first photo shows the juvenile Black Phoebe perched on the barbed wire fence in the center of the photo (the photo is "busy" but the birds don't always accomodate by perching with a clean back-ground).
The second photo shows both the Western Wood-pewee (on the top rung) and the Black Phoebe (directly below) perched on the fence near each other.
SeEtta