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Eastern phoebes are small drab colored flycatchers that return North early in the spring. I first hear the "phoebe" call the first week in March which indicates that breeding birds have returned from their overwintering localities. While away on our vacation, a pair of phoebes built their nest right above our backdoor below the deck. This is one of the parent birds preparing to fly off on a feeding run.

Jim Zablotny is a natural historian, entomologist, and nature photographer from Fenton, Michigan. His present work emphasizes color, detail, and bold composition of natural subjects. His artistic endeavors included scientific illustration, and presently nature photography with subjects ranging from macro photographs of insects and wildflowers, to birds, reptiles,amphibians, and mammals. Many of his newer images are photographs of the living things found in endangered habitats like prairies, and fens. Jim is a regular participant on the Nature Photographers Network (http://www.naturephotographers.net/enter.html) and has earned Editor's picks for weekly and monthly presentations for his macro-photography of insects and wildflowers. One...