[TopOfUtah] Cassin's Finches have arrived

[Connie]

The last time I saw Cassins was last spring and haven't seen them all  
summer. Yet the USGS info shows them to be common year round. So,  
where do they go? And the same thing with Am Robins- plentiful from  
March thru Sept. (i.e. in my back yard / neighborhood) and gone by  
Oct. but they're everywhere in town.

I'm watching for Cassins to return to my yard. There are oodles of  
White Crowned Sparrows, No Harriers, and Song Sparrows that have  
returned to my yard.

ConnieM
The cake is a lie!


On Oct 20, 2008, at 9:58 AM, "Jason Pietrzak" <jaypie77 at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> The first Cassin's Finch has arrived at our feeder. She was hanging
> out with a group of House Finches that included one with eye disease
> and another with a strange look to him. It almost appeared as though
> he had a kernel of corn stuck to the side of his face. It was further
> back than his eyes, so it wasn't that disease, but watching with my
> binos it almost looked like a thistle stuck to him. I thought I saw
> the same thing yesterday, so that makes it seem less likely to be
> something stuck to him rather than growing on him... Anybody have any
> thoughts as to what it is?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jason Pietrzak
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