[cobirds] Wood-Pewees

2011-05-22 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings In answer to Brandon's query: Yes and Yes Eastern Wood-Pewees can occasionally look pretty vested, and Western Wood-Pewees can sometimes have mostly or entirely pale undersides to their mandibles. Such dilemmas have twice caused me to follow pewees around for 30+ minutes in e. Wash

[cobirds] Wood-pewees: A cautionary tale

2010-05-30 Thread Ted Floyd
And now for the wood-pewees... Eric and David and I saw two of them in the parking lot at Gregory Canyon. One of them was textbook-perfect for Western Wood-Pewee--but it was constantly giving that sweet rising whistle with only a faint hint of modulation, or "buzziness." No problem there; if