Phainopepla

Description:

Males are black and females are gray. Slender upright birds with dark red eyes and crest on top. In flight they can fly high and drift down in almost a spiral. You can see the white under their wings in flight. Most unusual song and mimics other birds. Migrates to two different habitats.

Habitat:

This one was spotted in an oasis of the southwest

Notes:

Hard time focusing when the bird lands in front of you