Date: 8/25/26 2:59 pm From: Daniel Kerr <dkerr...> Subject: Re: Red Crossbill irruption tracking
Chuck et al,
Where do they tend to be seen? Pine groves? Feeders? Bourbon County has
a paucity of pines...
Duc in altum,
*Daniel Kerr*
President, St. Martin's Academy
c: 620.224.8110
www.saintmartinsacademy.org
On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 4:44 PM EUGENE YOUNG <
<000006665a95b6b5-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Nice work...Gene
>
> Eugene A. Young
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birds & Their Habitats in Kansas <KSBIRD-L...> On
> Behalf Of Chuck Otte
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 4:03 PM
> To: <KSBIRD-L...>
> Subject: Red Crossbill irruption tracking
>
> If you haven't been following eBird daily reports you may have missed that
> there's a Red Crossbill irruption occuring across much of Kansas. I spent
> some time today mapping which counties the confirmed eBird sightings were
> in but also noting the first confirmed report for each county. I did this
> with the big irruption in 2017-18 which was a more typical late summer,
> fall and winter situation. I will let others speculate on the cause of the
> current irruption.
>
> Anyway, reports are still coming in from various counties, mainly in the
> western half of the state and as reports come in from new counties I will
> updated those on the page. The page can be accessed at:
>
> https://ksbirds.org/kos/Red_Crossbill_Irruptions.htm >
> Let me know if you have any problems accessing the page.
>
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