[TopOfUtah] Cassin's Finches have arrived

[Jason Pietrzak]

Connie,

Robins are funny - they are quite common but they might visit one yard
for a solid month and not show up again for a year. We tilled our yard
one year and we had 50+ Robins a day for the next several weeks
(eating our worms, of course).

Cassin's Finches should not be considered common. Looking at my 2008
Cache County checklist, I see that Cassin's are marked uncommon year
round in mountains in valleys. We'll be seeing them in greater numbers
down in town soon, but most of the year they are up higher in the
woods and traveling in small groups.

I'd suggest picking up one of the new 2008 checklists either in town
or at the next BAS meeting on November 13th.

Jason



On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Connie <connie.mcmanus at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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