Date: 8/25/26 3:55 pm From: Bollin, John <00001cc4729082e1-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Red Crossbill irruption tracking
Chuck,
Here is my 2 cents on speculation.
Having just returned from the Arkansas River Valley and Front Range in Colorado, I can say it is the driest year that I have ever seen in the Colorado Rockies. They had practically no snow in some areas and very little rain all year. My friends live in Leadville (over 10K ft) and said that there was no point last winter where you couldn't find bare ground. He said that he used the snowplow once and didn't even need to do that but wanted to get it out and ready for bad weather that never came.
John Bollin
Leavenworth County, KS
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Subject: Red Crossbill irruption tracking
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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:
