Western wood-pewee, eastern wood-pewee
Chapter 8: How Songs Change over Space and Time
Subchapter: Song changes over evolutionary time
From page 148 in the book.
Western wood-pewee Photo by Brian E. Small
Eastern wood-pewee Photo by John Van de Graaff
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE
♫606. Eastern wood-pewee: Daytime singing, example 1, a leisurely performance of two different songs: a string of rising, questioning pee-ah-wee songs followed by a single, falling answer, wee-oo. June 1, 2010. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. (2:53)
♫607. Eastern wood-pewee: Daytime singing, example 2. June 12, 2004. Quabbin Park, Ware, Massachusetts. (5:01)
♫608. Eastern wood-pewee: The blistering pace of dawn singing, now with a third song added, the ah-di-dee. Example 1. June 12, 2004. Quabbin Park, Ware, Massachusetts. (0:38)
♫609. Eastern wood-pewee: Dawn singing, example 2. June 2, 2010. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. (8:29)
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE
♫610. Western wood-pewee: Daytime singing, a repeated, burry bzeeyeer. Background: spotted towhee, cedar waxwing (intense calling from 0:41 to 2:28). June 14, 2009. William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Corvallis, Oregon. (2:59)
♫611. Western wood-pewee: Rapid dawn singing, now with a second song added, the rising tswee-tee-teet. June 14, 2009. William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Corvallis, Oregon. (6:16)