Hi Rachel,
Several years ago I saw a flock of Cassia Crossbill (before they split into
their own species) at Diamondfield Jack Campground. I just checked eBird
and there have been a number of sightings of the species there in April,
the most recent being on the 19th. So they're still there. The site is
located in the Sawtooth National Forest, if I remember correctly, about an
hour south of Twin Falls.
Lonnie Somer
Seattle
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:54 PM NANCY AND EUGENE HUNN <
enhunn323 at comcast.net> wrote:
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Rachel et al.,
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We were in the neighborhood of the prime Cassia Crossbill habitat last
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fall (attempting unsuccessfully to get out from under the dense smoke here
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in California) and discovered to our horror that the forests southeast of
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Twin Falls up Rock Creek canyon (Forest road 515), which had been the prime
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location for this bird, had just been torched also. Check with e-bird for
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any recent reports. There is still habitat further east out of Albion,
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apparently.
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Gene Hunn
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Petaluma, CA
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On 04/21/2021 3:07 PM Rachel Lawson <rwlawson at q.com> wrote:
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Joseph and I are thinking of driving out to Idaho to see Cassia
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Crossbills. We would appreciate hearing what advice any of you have about
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when, where, and how to locate these birds.
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Thanks!
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Rachel Lawson
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Seattle
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rwlawson at q.com
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