Re: Rosy-Finches in Utah County

["L. D. Giddings" <seldom74 at xmission dot com>]

Out of curiosity, have any of the rest of you tried or been able to find the
rosy finches since Eric reported them? I'll finally have a chance to look for
them tomorrow afternoon, but I wonder if they're still around?

Lu Giddings

Eric Huish wrote:

> I saw Black and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches today along the Bonneville
> Shoreline Trail in Orem near the North Rim of the Mouth of Provo Canyon.  I
> found a group of about 8 birds feeding between patches of snow on a steep
> rocky hillside.  They were mostly Black Rosy-Finches with a couple
> Gray-crowned.  I watched them for about 20 minutes when they flew up, flew
> around the next hill, then came back with a flock of about 50 Rosy-Finches
> and landed back on the hill above me. They weren?t there long when they were
> spooked by a Kestrel and flew off to the North over the vast expanse of
> foothills.  When the flock flew over I compared black chests to brown chests
> and estimated the flock was about 75% Black Rosy-Finches.
>
> To get to the trail head for this section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail
> turn North off 800 North Orem onto 800 East then turn right immediately
> after the cemetery (there is a brown ?Bonneville Shoreline Trail? sign on a
> telephone pole) then turn left before the water treatment plant.  I saw the
> birds about ½  mile East (towards Provo Canyon) along the trail/road.
>
> Eric Huish
> Pleasant Grove UT
> poorwill_@hotmail.com
> 801-360-8777
>
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