This sounds an awful lot like a red bat in terms of basic color pattern and 
behavior. Any chance it might be that?

----Bill Eddleman, Cape Girardeau

At 05:52 PM 11/9/2007 -0600, Bob Lewis wrote:
>Don Burke is a beginning birder but a great photographer.  I'm stumped on 
>the ID of this pinkish bird that eats mosquitos.  Any suggestions?
>Bob Lewis   [log in to unmask]
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Don Burke
>To: Robert Lewis
>Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:54 PM
>Subject: Another Bird Identification Quesiton...
>
>
>Robert,
>
>I've been out bow hunting some lately, and have noticed a bird that I'm 
>having a hard time identifying.  If you up to another newbie's question, 
>I'll describe it and see if you can give me some directions.
>
>The first few times I was it it was silloqueted against the lighter sky, 
>and I thought it was a bat.  If you're familiar with what the Air Force 
>calls the Delta Wing pattern on their jets, it actually looks a lot like 
>that, but in reverse -- with the broader wingspan on the leading edge, and 
>tapering to the shorter portion in the rear edge.  But lately I've noticed 
>that it has a pink body -- upper and lower, as best I can tell -- with 
>gray/black wings.  I'm hunting on the woodline adjacent to a cow pasture, 
>and this little creature seems to stay around in the 20-40 yard gap 
>between the trees in the area between the solid woods and the open 
>pasture.  The way it darts around I'm guessing that it's catching 
>mosquitoes or other small flying bugs.  As best I can tell there's 
>probably 2-4 of them in this same area.
>
>I've looked in my field guide, and he Vermilion Flycatcher seemed close 
>(although more red than pink), but Sibley shows it to habitat quite a bit 
>S & W of here.  So, I decided to go straight to the master.  Any guesses?
>
>As always, thanks!
>
>Don
>
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