This little fellow showed up in the yard Sunday and, to the best of my identification skills, I've decided he is an Eastern Phoebe, a member of the flycatcher family. So far I've only seen the one but migration season is starting so I'll keep a lookout for more.
According to the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Birds, a phoebe was "probably the first bird ever banded: Audubon marked one with a silver wire on the leg in 1840 and recorded its return the following year."
The Eastern Phoebe is a small passerine bird. This tyrant flycatcher
breeds in eastern North America, although its normal range does not include the
southeastern coastal United States.
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Scientific name: Sayornis phoebe
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Rank: Species
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Higher classification: Phoebe
-Wikipedia
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