2012-06-11 Western Wood-Pewee

A posting on the Mo. listserve announced the sighting of Missouri's first Western Wood-Pewee. So next morning Paul, Lois and I headed out on the two and a half hour drive. It was soon located behind the houses. It was continuously calling and following the call we finally saw it in the very top of a tree. Photographing it was very difficult, back lite, tree top to tree top, at a distance. Not to mention I forgot my tripod and had to use a mono-pod ... very unstable, especially for videos. (This is a first state record for Missouri.)
The Western Wood-Pewee is my 316th bird species photographed in Missouri.