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| EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE Contopus virens |
| This little pewee is 15 cm (6 in) It has a wingspan of 23-26 cm (9-10 in) It weighs about 10-19 g (0.35-0.67 ounces) it is a medium-sized flycatcher. Grayish olive above. Pale below, with darker wash on breast and sides. Whitish wingbars. No eyering or only a faint one. Upright posture. Flycatches from perches and returns to same perch. Slight crest on head. Dark bill with yellow base to lower mandible. It has a "pee-ah-wee" song This little birds nest type is a shallow cup of woven grass covered on outside with lichens, lined with hair, grass, moss, lichens, and plant fibers. Placed on horizontal limb of tree. It hatches milky white eggs with purplish spckles around the large end. usually hatches 2-4 eggs. In the summer this tiny bird breeds from southeastern Saskatchewan eastward to Nova Scotia, and southward to central Texas and northern Florida. It winters in Northern South America Breeds in all woodland types in the East. Winters in partially cleared shrubby habitats and secondary forests. Feeds on flying insects, he flies out from perch in middle part of understory to catch a flying insect and then returns to the same perch. |
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