Eastern Wood-Pewee

We've accomplished our first mostly by sound ID. I took a video of this bird singing away- unfortunately I did not get the bird in the shot. We also observed the bird hovering and fluttering in the air as it chased down some insects for dinner. However, we did get some pics of the bird that gave us a general idea of size and shape. Since it was getting dark, the pics don't give much info but based on the pics and the song recording, we feel confident that the bird is an Eastern Wood Pewee- another first for our list!




Some interesting Wood-Pewee facts from whatbird.com:

• One potential cause of their decline is the overpopulation of white-tailed deer in the Eastern forests. In areas with high deer density, the intermediate canopy is disturbed by browsing, affecting the foraging space of the flycatcher.
• Though this bird sings throughout the day, listen for its ballads before dawn's light and well after sunset when this activity peaks.
• A group of pewees are collectively known as a "dribble" and a "squirt" of pewees.

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/583/_/Eastern_Wood-Pewee.aspx (where you can also hear the recording for comparison to ours).