Yesterday I found a brown-fronted probable BlackXEastern hybrid Phoebe in Coaldale, a small town about 30 miles west of Canon City along the Arkansas River. It appeared to be paired with a presumptive Black Phoebe. I don't know if this might be the brown-fronted hybrid that was at my friend's place near Canon City in March. I have not been following the phoebes at my friend's place closely since it appeared that 2 of them might nest and they were very sensitive to disturbance so I can't say that the brown-fronted hybrid has been there for about a month, which would be plenty of time to move up river. And I only saw and photographed the Coaldale bird from about 80 feet away which didn't allow sufficiently detailed to try to compare it with the photos of the brown-fronted hybrid at my friend's. I did get one photo that shows the brown on it's crown that I have uploaded to my BirdsAndNature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com>blog along with a photo of the Black Phoebe with which it is likely paired.
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