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The Wood-Pewee is a small flycatcher, around the size of a sparrow. They are dull olive-gray above, and paler below, with 2 whitish wing bars. They usually have a noticeable eye ring. Their size and drab colour make them very hard to see, and they would very likely go unnoticed if not for their distinctive song. A slow whistled “pee-ah-wee”, falling in pitch on the last note.
Inhabiting the Algonquin Highlands’ hardwood forests, they spend their time in the dense leaf canopy, adding to the difficulty in finding them. Nesting on tree limbs, their nest consists of vegetable fibers covered with lichens. The Wood-Pewee lays 3 to 4 creamy-white, brown spotted eggs.
A tropical bird, the Wood-Pewee is late to arrive in spring, usually at the end of May, and is usually gone by September. They spend the rest of the year in South America, what is considered to be their true home. They are territorial birds, each sex having its own warning song, both different from each other, and the one heard during the mating season.
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EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE
Contopus virens
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