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Adam Sedgley
Seattle, WA
sedge.thrasher(at)gmail(dot)com

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PEEPS <http://birding.typepad.com/peeps/>
Brambling
- Oregon <http://birding.typepad.com/peeps/2011/11/brambling-oregon.html>
November
25, 2011 at 8:47 PM

On 25 November Lona Pierce reported finding an ABA Code-3 Brambling (*Fringilla
montifringilla*) on the Crown Z trail outside of Scappoose, Oregon,
foraging in blackberries with a mixed species flock of sparrows.

Bramblings breed in the Palearctic regions of northern Eurasia and winter
primarily in the Mediterranean region and in southern Asia. While breeding,
this species is found in birch woods, mixed deciduous woodlands, and at
edges of conifer forests. In the northern parts of its range, it is found
in dwarf birch and willow scrub (*Finches & Sparrows, An Identification
Guide*, Clement, et al.). They are known for eating beech mast and in
years when this crop is abundant, as many as 80 million birds have been
estimated to congregate.

In the ABA Area outside of Alaska, Brambling has been recorded from British
Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, California, Colorado, Indiana,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming (*ABA
Checklist*, Fourth Edition, DeBenedictis et al.).
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