Western Wood-Pewee

A quiet, unassuming flycatcher of open woodland edges and forest clearings, most easily located by its plaintive, slurred "pee-eer" call given from an exposed perch. Watch for its sit-and-wait feeding style — sallying out from a bare branch to snap up flying insects and returning to the same perch — which makes a still, patient approach more productive than active searching; spring through late summer, its North American breeding season, is the best window.