A very plain, non-descript species. Beginning birders find it very challenging to identify this and other flycatcher species. The best identifying feature is the Western Wood-Pewee's distinctive call. Overall a plain, gray bird, with two faint wing-bars and a pale yellow wash on the belly.

A very plain, non-descript species. Beginning birders find it very challenging to identify this and other flycatcher species. The best identifying feature is the Western Wood-Pewee's distinctive call. Overall a plain, gray bird, with two faint wing-bars and a pale yellow wash on the belly.

Common in the appropriate habitat

Pewees are in the flycatcher family. Their behavior is characterized by patiently sitting on a branch, or other open exposed locations and waiting for insects to pass by. Fairly solitary.

Insects

Greater Pewee, Empidonax Flycatchers

Granite Basin, Lynx Lake, Goldwater Lake, above 6,000 feet in the Bradshaw Mountains, Mingus Mountain.