This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

May 21 , 2011
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

Mornings, you hear eastern wood-pewee's plaintive pee, you? pee-oh-wee in the woods.

He's a flycatcher. He perches up very straight in a spot where he can see a lot of empty space, sashaying off and catches flying insects midair. Then he comes back and perches again, often from the very same place.

This morning he was catching flies over Crow Creek, perching on a branch caught in a tangle of flood debris.

—Diane Porter

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