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Contopus virens · Tyrannidae

Eastern Wood-Pewee: When and Where to See It

Adult Eastern Wood-Pewee
Photo: David Eberly, CC0 1.0 via iNaturalist

The Eastern Wood-Pewee reaches Mississippi first, around the second week of April, and Maine last, around the second week of May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Second week of November

Each county is shaded by the share of complete checklists there that listed the bird, blended with the weeks either side. Darker is more often. It follows where people watch birds, not how many birds there are. How to read it.

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0%5%10%15%20%Jan 1-7: 0% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 0% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 0% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 0% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 0% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 0% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 0% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 0% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 0% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 0% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 0.1% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 0.1% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 0.1% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 0.2% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 0.7% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 1.7% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 3.9% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 8.0% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 15% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 17% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 15% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 14% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 13% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 12% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 12% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 11% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 10% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 10% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 11% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 12% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 13% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 15% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 15% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 13% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 10% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 7.1% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 4.5% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 2.4% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 1.2% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 0.5% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 0.2% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 0.1% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 0.1% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 0.1% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 0.1% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 0% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 0.1% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 0.1% of 1132751 checklistsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Share of complete checklists reporting it, by week (4 per month). Grey bars: fewer than 10 checklists, not counted.

Pooled across every state in the data, so it leans toward states with the most birders.

States, in order of first arrivals

StatePatternFirst arrivalsPeakMost gone byPeak %
AlabamaSummer visitorApr 8-14Sep 15-21Oct 15-2124%
MississippiSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Oct 8-1419%
LouisianaSummer visitorApr 8-14Sep 15-21Oct 22-3113%
TexasSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Oct 8-1413%
TennesseeSummer visitorApr 15-21Sep 8-14Oct 8-1429%
ArkansasSummer visitorApr 15-21May 15-21Sep 22-3024%
GeorgiaSummer visitorApr 15-21Sep 15-21Oct 15-2124%
North CarolinaSummer visitorApr 15-21Sep 8-14Oct 8-1421%
South CarolinaSummer visitorApr 15-21Sep 15-21Oct 15-2113%
District of ColumbiaSummer visitorApr 22-30Sep 1-7Oct 1-744%
MissouriSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 22-3039%
IndianaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 22-3037%
KentuckySummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Oct 1-734%
VirginiaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 22-3033%
DelawareSummer visitorApr 22-30Sep 1-7Sep 22-3028%
West VirginiaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 22-3029%
KansasSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 8-1425%
OklahomaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 15-219.3%
IowaSummer visitorMay 1-7Aug 22-31Sep 15-2142%
MarylandSummer visitorMay 1-7Aug 22-31Sep 22-3037%
IllinoisSummer visitorMay 1-7May 22-31Sep 22-3035%
OhioSummer visitorMay 1-7Jun 1-7Sep 15-2135%
PennsylvaniaSummer visitorMay 1-7Jun 1-7Sep 15-2127%
ConnecticutSummer visitorMay 1-7Jun 1-7Sep 15-2124%
New JerseySummer visitorMay 1-7Jun 1-7Sep 22-3024%
Rhode IslandSummer visitorMay 1-7Jun 1-7Sep 8-1421%
NebraskaSummer visitorMay 1-7Aug 22-31Sep 15-2113%
WisconsinSummer visitorMay 8-14Jun 1-7Sep 8-1431%
MichiganSummer visitorMay 8-14Jun 1-7Sep 15-2128%
MinnesotaSummer visitorMay 8-14Aug 15-21Sep 8-1424%
New YorkSummer visitorMay 8-14Jun 1-7Sep 22-3024%
MassachusettsSummer visitorMay 8-14Jun 1-7Sep 8-1422%
VermontSummer visitorMay 8-14Jun 8-14Sep 8-1421%
New HampshireSummer visitorMay 8-14Jun 1-7Sep 8-1418%
MaineSummer visitorMay 8-14Jun 1-7Sep 8-1411%
South DakotaSummer visitorMay 8-14Aug 15-21Sep 8-147.9%
North DakotaSummer visitorMay 15-21Aug 15-21Sep 1-78.6%
FloridaPasses throughAug 15-21Oct 8-14Oct 22-316.7%

Passes through: Florida

Summer visitor in: Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota