The NOMO seen previously in January/February was seen today around noon time. It was seen on the main road of the park in a rose bush at the exit intersection of the main paved parking lot.
from Cheryl Hussyzinga to me in presence of my Missy of 45 yrs “Larry did you dress yourself this morning?”
after careful consideration, my reply to her in front of Denise, whom we do fully respect, “Cheryl did you f*** yourself this morning? oh but you should have”
IBLE is ancient history and so now is eBird, and FB has the unrelenting pox
Rosy-Finches showed up today – 4-5 initially. They sure are a striking bird, not that the birds likely care.
Also Cassin’s Finch showed up a couple weeks ago with their red baseball caps. That’s two months earlier than last few years and earlier than I’ve ever had them.
my heavily biased vote is in favor of a native resident bird sp (WESO) vs. an introduced mammal sp (our local squirrel? sorry I haven’t fully researched this and it’s a word-of-mouth thing that they’re introduced here in T Valley), so I’d kick those squirrels out even if it requires manually doing so several times 😉
I seriously hope nobody ever ever ever introduces squirrels into the South Hills or we might lose our state’s only endemic bird Cassia Crossbill ?? or at least put them at risk ?
this blurb copied from BOW species account for Cassia Crossbill updated in 2018……
Distribution
Distribution
Breeding Range
Figure 1. Endemic to the Lodgepole Pine forests in the South Hills and Albion Mountains of Twin Falls and Cassia counties in south-central Idaho.
Nonbreeding Range
Figure 1. Resident. Found year-round throughout the breeding range.
Historical Changes to the Distribution
Lodgepole Pine was projected to be much scarcer in the region 7,000–5,000 years ago, and the Cassia Crossbill likely evolved subsequently (20).
Recommended Citation
Benkman, C. W. and C. K. Porter (2020).Cassia Crossbill(Loxia sinesciuris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.redcro9.01
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