Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
 (L 6.25" WS 10" Wt 0.49 OZ)
Indistinguishable from the
Western Wood-Pewee but their
ranges don’t overlap.
Salt Creek Woods, IL
10Sept10
Illinois Beach State Pk
14Sept10
In the hush of the drowsy afternoon,
When the very wind on the breast of June
Lies settled, and hot white tracery
Of the shattered sunlight filters free.
Through the unstinted leaves to the pied cool sward;
On a dead tree branch sings the saddest bard
Of the birds that be;
‘Tis the lone Pewee.
  (The Pewee by O. Henry)