The Spring vocalizations of the Say's Phoebe, while still not exactly virtuoso, are rather more variable and complex than their song the rest of the year (see other sound clip).
Say's Phoebes like to sit on the phone lines and dead trees around meadows and marshes. Their song (in other than the Spring, see below) is as plaintive as plaintive gets. A simple wheer, repeated over and over. This one was between Peck's Lake [Arizona] and Tavasci Marsh [Arizona] on a phone wire