Curious to know if anyone else is seeing more Black Rosy-Finches than usual. Over the previous 20-25 winters we’ve recorded mixed flocks of Black and Grey-crowned RFs in C. Idaho having an average ratio of 1 Black to 40 G-c. Historic ratios form a classic bell-shaped curve with 1 s.d. ranging from 1:20 to 1:60.

This year we’re tallying slightly lower daily totals but the ratio of Black to G-c RF has greatly increased. During the past several days our high (at-one-time) counts show ratios of Black to G-c RF ranging between 1:2 and 1:5 with as many as 14 Black RF at one time. Is anyone else feeding and/or seeing more Black RF than usual?