Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens (Linnaeus)
Status Fairly common in summer. Breeds.
Western Wood-pewee Photo
This photo was taken on May 25th, 2008 at Custer State Park in the Black Hills. Taken with Canon 20D, 400 5.6L lens.
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The Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) breeds across much of western North America from Alaska south into Mexico.
This Wood-pewee is a neotropical migrant, wintering in South America. The preferred habitat is mixed woodland with clearings or water bodies, and riparian environments.
Western Wood-Pewee, Cabin Lake Viewing Blinds, Deschutes National Forest, Near Fort Rock, Oregon
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE FACTS ...
Eastern Wood-Pewee
(Contopus virens)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Likely but not confirmed
1992 to 1996: Likely but not confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed ...
Usu on horizontal limb far from trunk; larger, deeper than that of Eastern Wood-Pewee, well camouflaged but usu without lichen, of plant fibers, plant down, often bound to branch with spider webs, lined with fine materials.
EGGS: ...
The Western Wood-Pewee, Contopus sordidulus, is a small tyrant flycatcher. Adults are gray-olive on the upperparts[2] with light underparts, washed with olive on the breast.
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens. Breeder. Common to fairly common in spring, summer, and fall in all regions. Found in open woodlands, parks, and along forest edges. Low Conservation Concern.
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Red-necked Phalarope
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens: Hidden Valley, Cape May, NJ, 14 May
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, 21 May ...
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) - Grayson Co., VA 9/23/07
Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii). First North Carolina record, Chatham Co., NC.
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) - Carteret Co., NC 12/2/05 ...
horned larks, white-winged doves (Z. asiatica), mourning doves, broad-tailed hummingbirds, Lewis's woodpeckers (Melanerpes lewis), ladder-backed woodpeckers (Picoides scalaris), hairy woodpeckers (P. villosus), northern flickers, western wood-pewees ...
THE WOOD PEWEE.
[Eastern Wood-Pewee.]
MUSCICAPA VIRENS, Linn.
[Contopus virens.] ...
Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens)
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) ...
 See also: Pewee, Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Phoebe, Eastern Phoebe
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