While sitting on my patio a couple of weeks ago, I observed an Eastern Phoebe fledgling hanging around the wall of my sand garden. I began photographing it as it came in close to eat the flying insects.
In a series of photos, I caught the young bird after it had eaten a bee. Whether it needed to expell the bee in order to eat more or that the bee had caused a problem . . . I don't know. After inspecting the remains, the bee was recognizable but not by much.
"Yuk!" said the Phoebe!
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Eastern Phoebe Fledgling ©Joni L. James
Phoebe Coughing Up Bee ©Joni L. James
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