I had about 30 in SW Longmont, and loved every minute of it! Plus a few Pine Siskins.
Here's a little video I shot: https://youtu.be/FvhPuFv4EM8 Scott Severs Longmont On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 10:24:43 AM UTC-6, Arvind wrote: > > I concur that this is an unusual event. I estimated around 175 CAFIs in > yard yesterday here by horsetooth mountain west do Fort Collins. They > devoured two gallons of birdseed. This morning I estimated 105. The most > I ever had before this was probably around 30 birds. Love having them here! > > Arvind Panjabi > Larimer Co. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> > > On Friday, April 17, 2020, 7:54 AM, Sue Riffe <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We had 2 Cassin's during this past winter in Lyons. The low estimated of > 85 Cassin's Finches have been here over the last two snow storms this week. > Most winters we will have just single digits even with heavy snows. > > Bonus birds this week include a pair of Evening Grosbeaks and 4 > Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. > > Stay healthy, > > Sue Riffe > Lyons, CO > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 2:45 PM Richard Trinkner <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > I'd be very interested in theories to explain this spring's dramatic > Cassin's Finch invasion of the lower elevations of the Front Range. We > usually get these prolific snow storms in March and April, but my 24 years > of personal records don't show anything previously like this year's > Cassin's Finch invasion. (Of course, 24 years is a tiny data window for a > species that probably predates humans...) > > Are cone crops in the high country poor this year? Are the finches coming > from northern latitudes? Was last year a banner breeding year? Why is the > weather disproportionately affecting this particular high-elevation finch > species? > > I don't have any answers myself, but hope that others might. > > Cheers, > > Richard Trinkner > Boulder > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAG_%3D4zc1kz4D%3DMSaYO6qh48508GPSihNWuD8TM8S6C3-DeLbQA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAG_%3D4zc1kz4D%3DMSaYO6qh48508GPSihNWuD8TM8S6C3-DeLbQA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > > -- > *Sue Riffe* > > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACiFHmkqeKg8Rj8Q7rjAiPW0cREKkEpSTmZyn2Vmi58G%3D_-%3DkQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACiFHmkqeKg8Rj8Q7rjAiPW0cREKkEpSTmZyn2Vmi58G%3D_-%3DkQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/a0c2a57d-55e1-40eb-9455-849c54fd9906%40googlegroups.com.
