Dave Kemp photo - Vancouver Island
Dave Kemp Photo - Vancouver Island
My Vancouver Island birder friend Dave Kemp has discovered Sassia Crossbills on the B.C. island, and they are far from their usual and normal territory in Idaho, USA. Shown above, and at top, are photos by Dave, while the photo at left is an online photo by Zach Pohlen from the Macauley Library at the Cornell lab of Ornithology. This is especially coincidental as I have recently shown a photo of a Swainson's Hawk (see below right) which has shown up in my town of Aurora, in southern Ontario. The Swainson's Hawk normally is found in the central and western USA and in Mexico, but somehow has found itself blown of course into southern Ontario. Both of the species are very unusual in the locations in which they find themselves. The Cassia Crossbills (Loxia sinesciurus) normally occur only in the Lodgepole Pine forests in the south hills and Albion Mountains in Idaho USA. Male Sassia Crossbills are dull red or orange with brown and grey highlights. Females are dull olive-yellow. The Swainson's Hawk was around all summer but now seems to have moved elsewhere.BarrytheBirder photo
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