No wing flash was noted. It's flight paralleled us about 40 - 50 away about 5 - 8 feet off the ground. The flight across our windshield was too quick to note anythiing but black.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:23 PM, CarlnSheila <[email protected]> wrote: > A drive-by, but good, sighting on Abbey Road east of Colorado City. > The road is rutted and we were going slow. This is my first > introduction to a Phainopepla and I didn't have any idea what it was > until I checked the guide when we got home. A black bird flew out of > the scrub in front of the car and paralleled us flying erratically for > about 100 feet. It was noticeable in that it was very slender with a > long tail and smaller than a crow. It flew ahead and perched on a > wood fence post. When we got up to it, it was on the side of the post > investigating a crack like a woodpecker. The thin crest was visible. > It was hot, our afternoon at Hatchet shot, the dog was hungry, and we > wanted to get back up on the cool misty mountain so we drove on with > no pics. Shoulda, woulda, coulda. > > Carl Calkins, Arvada, CO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
