Rosy-Finches and Bohemian Waxwings

["Kristin Purdy" <kristinpurdy at comcast dot net>]

Pennsylvania visitor Win Shafer persistently watched the feeders at the 
house named Ben Hame on the Alta Bypass road above Alta in Little 
Cottonwood Canyon/Salt Lake County this past week, and was rewarded with 
sightings of Black Rosy-finches.  Win said a flock visited the feeders 
repeatedly and there may have been other species of rosy-finches 
present.

The "other" feeders, at the top end of the bypass road at the 
intersection with the main road again, have not been stocked. 

About 2 weeks ago, Jeanette and Brian Nosker saw and photographed a 
flock of about 40 Gray-crowned Rosy finches at the Hidden Lake Lodge at 
Powder Mountain Ski Area in Weber County.  The area where they saw the 
finches requires lift-ticket access.

Paul Higgins photographed a flock of about 100 Bohemian Waxwings today 
in Porterville, the small community between the town of Morgan and East 
Canyon in Morgan County. 

These reports of rosy-finches and Bohemians are good news.  Perhaps this 
will be a banner year for both species.  

Kris

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