EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE

Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

Neotropical migrant and summer resident.

The most common of the nesting flycatchers in Ohio, this species is common statewide in suitable habitats.

While the largest populations are associated with the more extensive woodlands, pewees will occupy a variety of wooded habitats including parks, cemeteries, wooded edges, and small isolated woodlots.

While pewees are common along wooded riparian corridors throughout Ohio, their numbers are directly correlated to the width of the forested riparian zone along a particular river.

In counts conducted on Big Darby Creek this species outnumbered all the other flycatchers combined (122 vs 107).