This is more of a contextual comment than reporting new sightings. I had posted a couple weeks back about large numbers (300) of *Cassin's Finches* at Bergen Park JeffCo. With the varied reports of Cassin's over the last few days from varying areas, I wanted to share that several widely dispersed birding efforts in the forested areas of Jefferson and Park County over the last 4 weeks found Cassin's to be widely abundant in those counties, more numerous than I had ever seen in my (yet limited) 7 years birding in CO. Most places that were checked had them, and many places had *lots* of them. I'd have wagered the aggregate number in those counties was many 1000s of Cassin's Finches. They were observed most abundantly in Ponderosa pine forest, where cones are abundant now, and also (in Park) feeding in bristlecone pines, which also have a strong cone crop.
Type 2 *Red Crossbills* were common (though on the whole less numerous) in these same areas, and *Evening Grosbeak* was encountered each effort, but less common as sporadic flocks here and there. David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RooR5AOL5k4_oDGqW%2BVp%3DCzAoStbGk2yW16WYyVLeYSQLg%40mail.gmail.com.
