Earlier this spring I found an apparent pair of what looked like Black Phoebes that were located across the river from the Canon City Riverwalk. I did not get good enough views of these phoebes to tell if they appeared typical or not--which in my experience takes good close views and preferably close photos since we have had many pairings of Black with Eastern or combinations including one that is a probable hybrid over more than a decade.
Today (Wednesday that is, I have to quit taking evening naps) as I walked the Riverwalk near that location I spotted this phoebe in intermediate plumage--see all the extra black feathering on it's belly below the inverted V where a Black Phoebe would be essentially all white -so a likely offspring of the phoebes from across the river and a probable hybrid Black X Eastern Phoebe. I got several photos, two quite close showing the extra black feathering on the belly, that I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog <http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/>. The location to look for this or others in that family group is on the river trail half way between Raynold's Ave and the Sell's Lake trailhead. I saw this bird very near the porta-potty at that location. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAAUvckr6PPYihbj4ikC%3Dv%2BZrHeW%3DSDCTWo6u%2BhKQd2O%2Bo8Hw0w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
