{"id":94110,"date":"2021-08-27T05:35:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=94110"},"modified":"2025-11-09T19:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:31:56","slug":"western-wood-pewee-in-the-high-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/08\/27\/western-wood-pewee-in-the-high-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Wood-Pewee In The High Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"YoungYoung Western Wood-Pewee in the Wasatch Mountains \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I had just a few moments to focus on a young Western Wood-Pewee that showed up in front of a thicket of hawthorns in the mountains. I was only able to take seven images of the pewee before it flew off, crossed a creek, and was out of my sight.<\/p>\n

I don’t find Western Wood-Pewees as often as I would like so when I see them I get excited when I have them in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

The wing bars on this Western Wood-Pewee are a buffy color which is how I determined that is is a young, hatch year pewee. In an adult the wing bars would be more gray than buffy.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the morning I had another Western Wood-Pewee in my viewfinder but I had removed my teleconverter to photograph some Black-capped Chickadees that were so close I couldn’t focus on them with the TC on so my images of the first pewee didn’t show that one as close as this pewee was.<\/p>\n

Our Western Wood-Pewees<\/span><\/a> and other members of the tyrant flycatcher family will be leaving on fall migration soon. It would be lovely to have another wood-pewee in my viewfinder before they go.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Western Wood-Pewee photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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