Eastern Wood-Pewee Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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New Hampshire, July 03, 2019Recorded by Christopher McPherson / Macaulay Library
Song
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Mississippi, June 11, 2018Recorded by Hal Mitchell / Macaulay Library
Dawn song
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West Virginia, July 13, 2019Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Calls
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New York, July 04, 2020Recorded by Matthew D. Medler / Macaulay Library
Song and calls
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Maryland, June 08, 1997Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Calls
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Massachusetts, July 09, 1985Recorded by Dolly Minis / Macaulay Library
Calls
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West Virginia, June 23, 2020Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Male Eastern Wood-Pewees sing a distinctive, slurred pee-a-wee call from exposed perches to advertise their breeding territories. The call lasts about 1 second. The last note trails off; it carries a long way and is a distinctive sound of Eastern forests in summer. Pewees begin singing before sunrise, and you may hear them at almost any time of the day or night.

Calls

Eastern Wood-Pewees have several other calls including a terse chip note, a shrill peeee given when an intruder disturbs a pair at the nest, and short twittering notes during courtship and mating.