Magpie??

[Russ Palmeri <rpalmeri@mindspring.com>]

While driving home up Cedar Mountain Road (Butler Mountain, outside 
Asheville) my wife and I had a BRIEF glimpse of a crow-sized bird who 
promptly left its tree and flew out of sight. It showed us white wing 
patches on the TOP of the wings (so not a pileated woodpecker- we 
have a pair that live up higher on the mountain, and of course they 
look like crows but have a red head and a white patch on the 
undersurface of the wings.)

I'm a beginning birder, so any help here would be appreciated.

Thanks,


Russ  Palmeri


Also thanks to all those who recommended AviSys as a birding program.
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Russ Palmeri
Asheville, NC
rpalmeri@mindspring.com