This is one of a pair of baby Phoebes, who were born in my horse's stall. The mother built her nest way up high on a rafter. This little guy (or gal) had just left the nest and was resting on our fence. The mother came to feed it and eventually led it away into the woods.
A mother miniature horse and her two-week-old foal. He was only 18 pounds at birth. So little!!
Great pictures! I too have a pic of a mini when my garden club visited a farm. They are more like dogs than horses.
Your phoebe picture is great. I have had one move close by recently and all day long I hear that "Fee-bee". It is so great but I have yet to see it. What is the trick?
I am originally from Maine and a good part of my family live there. Harpswell area by my sister is inland. Where is Bristol?
Glad you like my pictures, Tina. If you haven't already, you can see more of my photos on my website, which is accessed on my front page in the links section.
The only trick to getting phoebes that I know of is a barn! She chose my horses stall to build a nest and she and her mate flew in and out all day long building it, regardless if we were around or not. And once her eggs were in the nest and she went in for the night, she stayed put, even though I was right below her grooming my horse or mucking out the stall.
Bristol is probably about 45 minutes from Harpswell, going North along the coast. I'm only 15 minutes from Pemaquid Light House. It's beautiful here. I'm originally from Washington State, but have lived in Maine for nearly half my life.
From what I've read, they start out with mud, which they attach to rafters as close to the ceiling as possible. Then they add moss and fur. The phoebes that made their nest in Autumns' stall used some of the goat's winter undercoat that I combed off them in the spring, plus they added some of Autumns' tail hair. It was quite an intricate nest. Unfortunately one of the babies got its' leg wrapped around some of the horse hair, causing it to become swollen and infected. The mother quit feeding it because she instinctually knew it wouldn't survive with an injured leg. It was sad watching it suffer so I did what I thought was the only humane thing to do - end it's life quickly and painlessly.
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Great pictures! I too have a pic of a mini when my garden club visited a farm. They are more like dogs than horses.
Your phoebe picture is great. I have had one move close by recently and all day long I hear that "Fee-bee". It is so great but I have yet to see it. What is the trick?
I am originally from Maine and a good part of my family live there. Harpswell area by my sister is inland. Where is Bristol?
Glad you like my pictures, Tina. If you haven't already, you can see more of my photos on my website, which is accessed on my front page in the links section.
The only trick to getting phoebes that I know of is a barn! She chose my horses stall to build a nest and she and her mate flew in and out all day long building it, regardless if we were around or not. And once her eggs were in the nest and she went in for the night, she stayed put, even though I was right below her grooming my horse or mucking out the stall.
Bristol is probably about 45 minutes from Harpswell, going North along the coast. I'm only 15 minutes from Pemaquid Light House. It's beautiful here. I'm originally from Washington State, but have lived in Maine for nearly half my life.
A barn? Maybe my neighbor's new shed attracted her. Is the nest like a mud swallow nest?
From what I've read, they start out with mud, which they attach to rafters as close to the ceiling as possible. Then they add moss and fur. The phoebes that made their nest in Autumns' stall used some of the goat's winter undercoat that I combed off them in the spring, plus they added some of Autumns' tail hair. It was quite an intricate nest. Unfortunately one of the babies got its' leg wrapped around some of the horse hair, causing it to become swollen and infected. The mother quit feeding it because she instinctually knew it wouldn't survive with an injured leg. It was sad watching it suffer so I did what I thought was the only humane thing to do - end it's life quickly and painlessly.
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