A friend of mine (a vet - not a birder) and I were out and he said, "Well here comes a crow." I looked and immediately thought a raven (tail), but really small. When it called it sounded like a raven "rok" but in a crow voice. I told him to look at the wedged tail and head, and listen to the call. It flew by at about 50 feet. He said that it was too small to be a raven, it was the size of a large crow. I told him that it was a Chihuahuan Raven and explained the details. He agreed that it did sound funny and had the wedged tail. That is what I would have written down, if I was doing a count. Without seeing the neck feathers, it flew off across I-25 and was not refound, and so I did not get definitive proof. Thus, I believe I saw a Chihuahuan Raven 250 yards north of the St. Vrain and I-25 in Weld County. This was Sunday (sorry fo the late post). I will be back there again next weekend, so I will watch for it and post it immediately.
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