Western Wood-pewee

Western Wood-pewee.

NPS Photo / Ron Harden

Size: 5.5-6.5”
Description: Grayish olive-brown overall with a lighter gray breast and sides, darker gray-brown head, and two pale wing bars.
Migratory Status: Summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Prefer aspen forests, but also live in ponderosa pine and riparian forests to 9,000 feet and occasionally 10,000 feet.
Diet: Forage by perching on a dead branch and waiting for insects to fly by. Eat all types of flying insects including bees, beetles dragonflies and moths.

 

• Western Wood-pewee (song)

  
  

  Western Wood-pewee song recorded from two birds at Hollowell Park in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/06/2017

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025