February 22, 1936 99 41 On the grass-covered (x Baccharis or Rhamnus spotted tops) the hills along the north rim of the canyon, flycatching out from the top, a dead thistle stalk, I saw and heard a Say Phoebe. In breeding season the Say Phoebe is of lower sonar; in fact might be considered a desert bird. Even in winter the Say Phoebe almost always picks drier places to hunt than its near relative the Black Phoebe. Here it is hunting in the open & drier grass covered hill tops while the Black Phoebe hunts in the bottom) the canyon along the stream.