The closest pink birds I know of are introduced Chilean flamingos in the
Salton Sea, Calif. The constant rains and cold fronts across southern Calif
have pushed at least two frigate birds into southern Arizona, but to suggest
that hese birds might be flamingos is, admittedly, "far out."
Colors on birds change as sunset approaches, so cranes, even those wintering
nearby but pushed here, would remain a possibility.
Karl Stecher
Todd Deininger writes:
I received a phone call today from my brother-in-law asking me about the four birds he was seeing at the intersection of Main St. and 119 in Longmont. They were taking to the sky from somewhere in the area. He described them as larger than a Great Blue Heron, pinkish in color and keep describing the bills a spoonbill or ibis like. He is not a birder, but has been with me enough to know some birds, especially the large mega-fauna type... I was about 20 minutes away and searched south of 119 on my way to Longmont from Frederick, but found nothing mixed in with the 1000s of Canada Geese in the fields. My only guess would be cranes, but he is familiar with them form the San Luis Valley. Any ideas?
Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO
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