Eats a little fruit, but chiefly wild varieties, and only now and then a bee.
THE PHOEBE (THE WATER PEWEE) "Smaller, but not a whit less active than the Kingbird is the Phoebe or Water Pewee--the small Flycatcher who is almost as familiar about the farm and roadside as the Robin himself.

Look about the woodshed or cow-shed.

Is there a beam or little nook of any sort that will hold a nest?
If so, in early May you will see a pair of nervous brown birds, heaping up a mound of moss and mud.

When they have made it large enough to suit them, they line it with soft grass and horsehairs; the nest is then ready for the white eggs, which once in a while are varied with a few brown spots.
[Illustration: Phoebe.] "Sometimes Phoebes build under a bridge, or in a rocky pocket above a stream; for they love water and are great bathers.

Then they make the outside of the nest to match the rock by covering it with lichens.
"The Phoebe, like all other Flycatchers, sits motionless upon a dead twig, fence rail, or often the clothesline, waiting for insects to come by.