Hi,
Recently, I hiked Evey Canyon above Claremont, and actually succeeded at
not hearing or seeing a single Purple Finch. I have not had any in my
neighborhood in or around Wheeler Park this entire winter except for one
singing female type bird at the end of winter. Same goes for the rest of
Claremont. This morning I hiked for a little bit on the fire road that
comes off of Glendora Ridge Road, checking to see if Black chinned Sparrows
have returned yet, or not (no not yet), and was equally struck by the lack
of Purple Finches up there (by the way, up there there were no clouds and I
could see the fog in the city below me, while the sun was beating down on
me, mercilessly).
Has anybody else noticed how few or no Purple Finches there are this year?
Thomas Geza Miko
Claremont, LA County
909.241.3300
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