This year a common crane was seen in January at Bosque del Apache in NM, in N Cal in late July/August, near Fairfield, ID last seen November 20 and then one appears near Wilcox, AZ on November 27. With a travel distance of 100 to 200 miles per day, depending on thermals and glide ratios, it could easily cover the almost 1100 mile to Wilcox in seven days. I believe all these sightings are the same individual. Can’t wait for northbound migration.
Dean Jones
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Hi Birders!
I was at the lower dam of Lake Lowell and spotted a couple of odd-colored geese with a large group of Canadas. After giving it some thought and doing a little bit of research online, it turns out the birds were partial-leucistic Canadas. I’ve attached an image of the pair to this email. They were spotted at 10:45 this morning.
Happy Holidays to you all!
Kristin Araki
what a truckload of rarities !!
and what are chances this is NOT the “Idaho Common Crane” ?? I checked eBird map spots of this sp in N America and saw only two recent ones, “red balloons”
I also did the math to see that the crane plus avocet reports comprise 43% of all those eBird “rarity” reports (ePorts 😉 listed below
Missy and I have seen a few crazy good birds at that little lake near Willcox =)
Thx for forwarding this Bob !!
Larry
Common Crane in Cochise County, AZ
BOB
Huachuca City, AZ
Boise, Idaho
Begin forwarded message:
The Evening Grosbeaks have showed up. The scouts came yesterday and the rest of the flock appeared today. Good thing I got an extra bag of sunflower seeds.
Otherwise it’s Goldfinches, Siskens, BCapped Chickadees and Mountain Chickadees.
Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom
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