We have just returned from our annual June trip to Killbear Provincial Park on Georgian Bay. I was fortunate to get an early start every morning coupled with great weather which allowed for some great birding. Most mornings I would have upwards of fifty species. One of the most prominent birds around that area this time of year, after the Red-eyed Vireo and American Redstart which are very numerous, is the Eastern Wood Peewee.
Some interesting facts about the Eastern Wood-Peewee.
The olive-brown Eastern Wood-Pewee is inconspicuous until it opens its bill and gives its unmistakable slurred call. These small flycatchers perch on dead branches in the mid-canopy and sally out after flying insects.
When several flycatcher species live in the same forest, the Eastern Wood-Pewee tends to forage higher in the trees than the Least and Acadian flycatchers, but lower than the Great Crested Flycatcher.
The Eastern Wood-Pewee’s lichen-covered nest is so inconspicuous that it often looks like a knot on a branch.
The oldest recorded Eastern Wood-Pewee was at least 8 years, 2 months old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Maryland in 2010. Cornell All About Birds
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