Description

Voice

Clear phoe-be, repeated many times; the second syllable is alternately higher or lower then the first. Call note a distinctive, short chip.

Habitat

Open woodlands near streams; cliffs,bridges, and buildings with ledges.

Nesting

4 or 5 white eggs in a mud-and-grass nest lined with moss and hair and attached to a ledge of a building, bridge, cliff or quarry, or among roots of a fallen tree.

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