Eastern Wood-Pewee Photo Gallery
Medium-sized grayish flycatcher with a peaked head and two wingbars. Note long wings and tail.
© John Deitsch / Macaulay LibraryGeorgia, April 27, 2018An inconspicuous flycatcher, frequently detected and identified by its namesake pee-a-wee! song.
© Daniel Irons / Macaulay LibraryMaryland, September 11, 2017From the front, looks like it's wearing a gray or dusky vest.
© Corey Callaghan / Macaulay LibraryFlorida, April 30, 2015Long, thin flycatcher that perches upright in the canopy.
© Mary Keleher / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 24, 2014Perches upright in the canopy where it flycatches for insects and repeatedly returns to the same or similar perch.
© Paul Waton / Macaulay LibraryFlorida, October 14, 2020Compare with Similar Species
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