#contopus virens

[podartists]

Myiarchus crinitus | Megaceryle alcyon | Chordeiles minor | Coccyzus americanus | Contopus virens | Empidonax virescens | Antrostomus vociferus

Plate XXXIII | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

Have you seen an Eastern wood peewee (Contopus virens)?

Yes, in nature

Yes, in captivity

No, only in pictures/taxidermy/I've only heard of it

No, and I have never heard of this bird

No, but I have heard one

I might have/I'm not sure

Voting ended onJun 12, 2024

photo source

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Eastern Wood-Pewee

Photo: Andrew Cannizzaro

"In eastern woods in summer, the plaintive whistled pee-a-wee of this small flycatcher is often heard before the bird is seen. The bird itself is usually somewhere in the leafy middle story of the trees, perched on a bare twig, darting out to catch passing insects. The Wood-Pewee sings most often at dawn and dusk, and it may continue singing quite late in the evening, after most songbirds have fallen silent."

- Audubon Field Guide

[occasionallybirds]

The little feather!

Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens)

August 30, 2021

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[dendroica]

Eastern wood peewee at Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region)

Credit: Michael Schramm/USFWS

[occasionallybirds]

Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens)


August 7, 2020


Southeastern Pennsylvania

[occasionallybirds]

Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens)

September 10, 2019

Bird banding at Rushton Woods Preserve, Willistown, Pennsylvania

[theunimpairedcondition]

Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens). NYC Sep. 2022