Though it is largely limited to the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, Ron Pittaway’s yearly winter finch forecast is always eagerly anticipated by birders with thoughts of Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Siskins, and Red Crossbills in their heads. Want to know what’s in store for the winter of 2011-2012? Check out the Winter Finch Forecast 2011-2012!
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Too bad about the poor projection for the wintering finches coming south. I was really hoping they’d be starving to death so they’d come and visit me. Damn the the healthy pine crop!
Perfect example of how sometimes the interests of birds and birders don’t align, lol. Same story with storm-blown birds and extreme vagrants. Even the smallest migratory fallouts are the result of taxing conditions that the birds would rather avoid.
Thanks for passing this along. I get pumped up for winter when I read about the possibilities.