Contopus sordidulus – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Western Wood-Pewee In The High Country

By Mia McPherson|August 27th, 2021|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Western Wood-Pewees|Tags: Contopus sordidulus, immature, mountains, perched, pewee, pewees, riparian habitat, summer, Western Wood-Pewee, wood-pewee, wood-pewees, young|

Yesterday I had just a few moments to focus on a young Western Wood-Pewee that showed up in front of a thicket of hawthorns in the mountains.

Western Wood-Pewee in the Centennial Valley of Montana

By Mia McPherson|January 17th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Western Wood-Pewees|Tags: adult, barbed wire, Contopus sordidulus, flycatchers, hawking, perched, pewee, pewees, spring, valley, Western Wood-Pewee, wood-pewee, wood-pewees|

Western Wood-Pewees are drab, medium-sized, flycatchers that breed in the open forests and riparian habitats in western North America.

Wired Western Wood-Pewee

By Mia McPherson|June 18th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Western Wood-Pewees|Tags: adult, barbed wire, bird photography, Contopus sordidulus, fence, flycatchers, hawking, pewee, pewees, spring, tyrant flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, wood-pewee, wood-pewees|

I saw several Tyrant Flycatchers on my last trip to Montana, Eastern and Western Kingbirds and a couple of Western Wood-Pewees that were hawking from fence posts and barbed wire along a gravel road.