March 23
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| Red Crossbills |
My wife and I started today by leaving the county (yes,
leaving the county during a Big Year) for a Cave Swallow out near the Salton
Sea.
There are actually two to four of
them out there and this is a state bird for me.
Plus it was an early morning bird and I had one bird on my target list
today, Sage Thrasher, which I
To get it for the year I really need to find
it before the end of the month to have any real shot.
Although they do show up along the coast in
the fall that isn’t always a given.
The
problem so far is that Sage Thrashers seem to be in small numbers this
year.
Jacumba has had them in the past
and so I hoped it would again today.
If
not, I would to drop down to Borrego Springs yet again really soon.
The first couple of thrashers we found were
California Thrashers, but then came a different call.
There it was, on top of some of the chapparal.
I kept trying to entice it closer when I heard
something different, a two-note finch sound.
I looked up, saw a bunch of birds flying in toward us and called out to
my wife, “Red Crossbills!”
Forget the
thrasher, time to get some photos of these.
We headed home happy with the acquired target and an
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| Downy Woodpecker |
unexpected bird, to
boot.
really hoped to be able to get on the way home.
Jacumba
Sage Thrasher, Red Crossbill
Species to Date - 272
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