Canopy Lodge
El Valle
14Oct2016
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Summers mostly in eastern
U.S ...migrates to northwest
South America for winter.
Contopus virens
(L 6.25" WS 10"
Wt 0.49 OZ) oz)
Canopy Camp
Darien
05Oct2 016
Contopus in Greek means
short foot; virens in Latin
means
green.
How can one ever mistake him the bird singing in the park
Pee wee pee wee is all he sing the dainty magpie lark
A black and white feathered character his is a familiar song
Pee wee pee wee the notes he sing you cannot get him wrong.
(Francis Duggan)
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
© Geofreey A.
Keller
Macaulay
Library