Wood peewee takeoff

Eastern Wood Pewees are rather nondescript olive-gray and white flycatchers that live in forests. But while their plumage color makes them not all that easy to see, they're definitely impossible to ignore once they start singing. Their song is distinctive, the voice of the woods: a very loud and piercing, PEE-O-WEE, that is repeated over and over throughout the day. Sometimes you get lucky and a Pewee will fly to a nearby branch, sing, then launch itself, an avian guided missile, into the air in search of insects, before returning to the same perch to dine. This one rewarded my patience and persistence by sallying forth then returning several times. I got a few halfway decent shots of the Pewee posing on its perch and making sure I knew how great a singer he was. Once he was sure I'd gotten the message—and the shot—he took off for another hunting spot. When he found a suitable place, he announced his arrival before he got down to business.