While hiking at Ulistac Natural Area, I took this photo of a black phoebe perched on a branch. The black phoebe has predominantly black plumage, with a white belly and undertail coverts. It is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family. It breeds from southwest Oregon and California south through Central and South America. It's throughout most of its range year-round and migrates less than other birds in its genus. It is mainly insectivorous and waits on a perch before sallying out and catching its prey in the air.
