Least Flycatcher

One of the smaller, plainer flycatchers of eastern and central North American woodland, it is most easily identified by its sharp, two-note che-bek song, repeated persistently from a mid-canopy perch through late spring and summer. It sallies out from an exposed twig to snatch flying insects and returns to the same perch, a habit that makes patient still-watching more productive than searching the foliage. Open deciduous woodland edges and orchards during the breeding season are the most reliable places to find a singing male.