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n. - Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.

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  • Since Sept. 5, the pewee, which is native to Cuba and the Bahamas, has been seen repeatedly for several days.
  • Have no idea why a starling would imitate a pewee.
  • Thought I heard a western wood pewee last week, but it was just a starling imitating the pewee song.
  • The wood pewee, like its relative, the phoebe, feeds largely on the family of flies to which the house fly belongs.
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