Eastern Wood-Pewee
“I also heard an Eastern Wood-Peewee calling deep within Robinson Woods.”
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My first and only Eastern Wood Pewee of the season appeared on the second day of June as well.
Other flycatchers seen include Eastern Phoebe, Great-crested Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher and Eastern Wood Pewee.
Through hearing its song, we were able to rule out other flycatchers such as the Eastern Phoebe, Least Flycatcher and Eastern Wood-Pewee.
Adding to the chorus at sundown are Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers, American Redstarts, Veery’s, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Peewees and Red-winged Blackbirds.
I also heard an Eastern Wood-Peewee calling deep within Robinson Woods.
Stepping into the more interior, intact wooded sections of Cape just before dark, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood Peewees (another forest flycatcher), Black-throated Green Warblers, Pine Warblers and Ovenbirds all sing in earnest.
After dusk in late July through August, the dreamy tune of Eastern Wood Peewees can still be heard among the whispering trees deep within Robinson Woods.
Observations over the first two weeks of September include, on the 5th within Robinson Woods, six American Redstarts, three Wood Duck youths, a Belted Kingfisher, two Eastern Wood-Peewees, one female Black-throated Blue Warbler and several Cedar Waxwings hawking insects over Pond Cove.
The chorus here at sundown included Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers, American Redstarts, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Peewees and Red-winged Blackbirds.
Lastly, on July 11, a Winter Wren, several Hermit Thrushes and a Ovenbird sang simultaneously at close range, deep within Robinson Woods while a Eastern Wood-Pewee whistled from its sunny perch within the mid-canopy.
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Still conspicuously calling in late July were Hermit Thrushes, Eastern Wood-pewees, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Kingbirds, Red-eyed Vireos, Gray Catbirds and Robins.
The chorus at sundown includes Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers, American Redstarts, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Peewees and Red-winged Blackbirds.
Throughout August the dreamy tune of Eastern Wood Peewees can still be heard among treetops deep within Robinson Woods.
Of note, a Least Flycatcher and Eastern Wood-Peewee were gleaning insects in an old crab apple tree as an Eastern Towhee called from within the surrounding thickets.
Eastern Wood-Pewees calling after sunset.
During the first week of June within the dark forest interior of Robinson Woods I was treated to a dusk chorus of Ovenbirds performing flight songs along with Eastern Wood Peewees and Squawking Great-crested Flycatchers.
Throughout August the dreamy tune of Eastern Wood Peewees can still be heard among treetops deep within our woodlands.
On the first late afternoon of June within Robinson Woods III I noted 41 different species of birds including four different types of flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-bellied, Least and Great Crested.
Throughout the month, the dreamy whistle of the Eastern Wood-Pewee still lingers among the tall trees of our forests.