[Mnbird] Pewees everywhere!

[Paul Lender]

I suspect both.  I was at Sherburne NWR Wildlife Drive yesterday (8/15) and
there were tons of Pewees also.  I reported 8 but there were a lot more.

What made this interesting is that there were also a couple of Olive-sided
Flycatchers in the mix.  I'm sure of two, but I suspect 5.  Some "extreme"
juvenile Pewees look  "vested" but when you see the two species within a
few feet of each other you can see the size and shape differences easily.
The OSFLs suggest a migration pulse.

-- Paul Lender
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:22 PM Betsy Kerr via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> We drove through Carlos Avery WMA late Sunday afternoon, and we were
> amazed at the abundance of E. Wood Pewees and the relative lack of
> sightings of any other species.  Aside from a handful of Cedar Waxwings and
> a couple of Robins, it was all Pewees!  I'm sorry we didn't count them, but
> you could hear their song everywhere in the wooded areas, and every time we
> saw a bird on a perch or flying across the road, it turned out to be a
> Pewee, which became quite humorous.  I'd say we had at least 15 sightings.
>
> Can anyone suggest an explanation for the prevalence of Pewees at this
> time and location?  Could it have been lots of Immatures?  Are they
> starting to migrate? ???
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Betsy Kerr
> Golden Valley, MN
>
> Betsy
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