2009-2010 Season

DATE	TIME OF 
OBSERVATION	TOTAL NO. OF ROSY-FINCHES SEEN	NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL ROSY-FINCHES BY SPECIES
(GC=Gray-crowned, BK=Black, BC=Brown-capped, U=Unknown)	OBSERVER NAME,
HOME CITY/STATE/COUNTRY	NOTES 
(Other Bird Species seen, Hepburns race, Location, Habits, Flock sizes, 
Suggestions, etc.)	
10/27/08			Feeder up on Crest House deck 	Fran Lusso & Dave Weaver,
Sandia Park, NM	4 rosies seen within 10 minutes of putting up the feeder	
10/27/09	2:35pm	4	1 BK, 2 GC, 1 unk	Jon Crouch
Westfield Center, OH		
10/30/09	-	1	-	San Juan Capistrano, CA		
11/2/09	-	16	-	Tamara, Gift shop		
11/8/09	3pm	4	2BK, 1GC, 1 BC	Lux Family
Albuquerque, NM		
11/11/09		6	-	Corrales, NM and Chihuahua, Mexico		
11/12/09	11:00am	6	2 BC and 4 GC	Ryan Garvin, Sperryville, VA	Steller’s Jay	
11/17/09	11:45am	30	10 BK, 15 GC and 5 BC	Pat Folsom, Waitfield, VT	Steller’s Jay, White Breasted Nuthatch,  Mtn Chickadee, Juncos	
11/17/09	1:45pm	14	4 BK, 2 GC and 8 BC	John Renady, Santa Fe, NM	Same as above plus Red Breasted Nuthatch	
11/18/09	12:00 – 1:15pm	~30	10 BK, 10 BC and 2 GC	Ellen Lawler and Linda Cashman, Salisbury, MD	Steller’s Jay, White Breasted Nuthatch, Mtn Chickadee	
11/18/09	3:30pm	~30	10BK, 10 BC and 2 GC	Tim Amaral, Monterrey, CA	Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, Juncos (2 subspecies)	
11/22/09	All Day	34	Banded 12 BK, 8 BC and 2 GC (1 Hepburn’s)	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 1 BK male from 11/27/2005, 1 BC female from 12/30/07 and 2 BK and 8 BC from the 2008/2009 season	
11/24/09	3:30pm	40	15 BK, 15 BC and 10 GC	David Thomas	Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, White Breasted and Red Breasted Nuthatches	
11/29/09			Banded 16 BK and 3 BC	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 15 from previous seasons, including 1 BK from 11/27/05.  Also banded 2 Steller’s Jays.	
12/2/09	10:00am	6	2 BC and 4 GC (1 Hepburn’s)	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, NM	Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, White and Red Breasted Nuthatches	
12/6/09		50 - 75	Banded 3 BC and 1 GC	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 1 BK from 1/11/09	
12/7/09	10:15am		All three species plus Hepburn’s		Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, Dark eyed Junco, Red and White Breasted Nuthatches	
12/12/09	10:00am–12:30pm	42	All three species	Judy Palladenetti, Bluemont, VA	Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, Red Breasted Nuthatch	
12/12/09	12:30 – 1:00pm	25	All three species	J-Ching Boman, Albuquerque, NM	Steller’s Jay	
12/13/09			Banded 8 BK, 11 BC and 2 GC	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 2 BK and 4 BC from the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 seasons	
12/16/09	9:50am	~50	All three species	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, NM	Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee	
12/20/09		~75	Banded 2 BK and 4 BC	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 1 BK and 1 BC from 2008-2009 and 2 BK and 4 BC from 2007/2008 seasons	
12/26/09	am	100+	All three species	Larry Vaughn, Port O’Connor, TX		
12/28/09	5:00pm	“A Lot”	All three species	Larry Huchmala, Placitas, NM		
12/29/09	2:30 – 3:00pm	~50	All three species, mostly BC and BK with a few GC	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, New Mexico	Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, Dark eyed Junco, Red and White Breasted Nuthatches	
1/3/10	10:30am	~150	All three species, but no Hepburn’s	Dave Hutton, Albuquerque, NM		
1/4/10	9:45-10:30am	120 – 140	All three species, but no Hepburn’s	Bill Wittman, Albuquerque, NM	Steller’s Jay, Gray Headed Junco, Red Breasted Nuthatch	
1/7/10	3:00-5:00pm	>100		Tlikoel Uoll, Sweden		
1/9/10	2:45pm	50+	All	Dennis Cooke, Kent, Ohio	Mtn Chickadee, Steller’s Jay	
1/10/10		~75	Banded 1 BK, 9 BC and 2 GC (Interior)	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 1 GC (Interior) from January 2007 and 1 BC from February 2009	
1/13/10	9:30-10:00am	~50	Approximately 25 BC, 15 BK and 10 GC	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, NM	Mtn Chickadee, Steller’s Jay, Red Breasted Nuthatch	
1/15/10	3:00pm	50	All	Kathy Dennis, Castle Rock, CO	Nuthatch, Steller’s Jay	
1/15/10	3:00pm	~50	All three species	Dustin Johnston, Albuquerque, NM	Mtn Chickadee, Red Breasted Nuthatch	
1/17/10		~75	Banded 5 BK, 4 BC and 1 GC (Interior)	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 1 BK and 2 BC from the 2007/2008 season	
1/18/10	Am		All three species	S. Baron, Fairfax, VA  E.Enders, Portsmouth, VA P.Waterfield, Knott’s Island, NC		
1/18/10	Am	100+	All three species	Vic and Donna,  Whitewood, SD		
1/21/10	9:30-10:15am	~40	~10 BK, ~25 BC, ~5 GC	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, NM	Mtn Chickadee, Steller’s Jay, Red Breasted Nuthatch, Dark Eyed Junco	
1/26/10	All Day	100+	All three species	Crest House Staff		
1/27/10	10:00am	~75	~30BK, ~30 BC, ~15 GC	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, NM	Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, Dark Eyed Junco	
1/31/10		150 – 200	All three species.  Banded 7 BC	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 89 birds, including 2 BK from 2005/2006 and 1 BC from 12/27/2004	
2/9/10	Pm	50+		James Rodger	Some birds with tags	
2/10/10	10:00-11:00am	~40	All three species	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, NM	Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, Red Breasted Nuthatch	
2/14/10			All three species.  Banded 1 GC (Interior race)	The Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 31 birds, 9 from previous seasons including two BC from 2007/2008.	
2/14/10	Pm	50 – 100	All three species	J.T. Lewis, Chico, CA		
2/14/10	2:00pm	10		Bella, Edward, Colleen, Swan Forks, WA		
2/15/10	2:00pm	8 – 10		Radloff, Albuquerque, NM		
2/17/10	2:00pm	24		D. Dougherty, Fishkill, NY		
2/20/10	10:00am-Noon	~125	35BK, 80BC and 10GC	Carl Poldrack, Bouger, TX	Dark eyed Junco, Mtn Chickadee, Steller’s Jay, Red Breasted Nuthatch	
2/20/10	9:45am-1:15pm	~148	50BK, 90BC and 8 GC 	Michael O’Brien and Louise Zematis, Cape May, NJ	Red and White Breasted Nuthatches, Mtn Chickadee, Steller’s Jay, Grey Headed Junco	
2/21/10			All three species.  Banded 1 BK and 2 BC	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 77 birds, including 11 not yet recaptured this season.  Put transmitter on 1 GC	
2/24/10	11:23am	               60	All 3 species	Elliot and Lesley Smith, N. Hero, VT	Mtn Chickadee, Steller’s Jay, Red and White Breasted Nuthatches	
2/27/10	Noon	            ~100	30 BK, 50 BC, 2 GC (1 Hepburn’s)	Yousif Attia and Patty Cannata, Calgary, AB, CA		
2/28/10			All three species.  Banded 2 BC	Nancy and Steve Cox and the Banding Crew, Albuquerque, NM	Recaptured 124 birds, including 7 not yet recaptured this season.  1 BK was banded 5 Feb 2005.	
3/12/10	10:00am - Noon	          80 - 100	30+BK, 40+BC and 8+GC	Dave Schen, St. Louis, MO	Red Backed Junco,  Steller’s Jay, Brown Creeper, Mtn Chickadee, Red Breasted Nuthatch	
3/17/10	5:00 pm	              25		John Dow, Indian Head, MD		
3/21/10	10:00am	            ~100	Mostly BC with approximately 30% BK	Noah Kahn, Silver Springs, MD	Steller’s Jay, Grey Headed Junco, Mtn Chickadee, Red Breasted Nuthatch	
3/23/10	10:00 – 11:00am	             ~50	~30BC, ~20BK, 2 GC	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, NM	Steller’s Jay, Dark Eyed Junco, Mtn Chickadee	
3/23/10	All Day	              60	All 3 species	Tony, Crest House		
3/24/10	All Day	              50	All 3 species	Tony, Crest House		
3/24/10	9:30 – 10:30am	              21	All species	Paul Roisen, Sioux City, IA		
3/31/10	9:30 – 10:30am	             ~50	~2/3 BC, More BK than GC	Charles Stahl and Anne H. Woods, Gettysburg, PA		
3/31/10	10:00 – 10:50am	             ~7		Egges Ilheihjes (?), Hamburg, Germany		
4/1/10	9:45 – 10:45am	        ~ 2 Dozen	All 3 species	Paul and Laurie Ribitzki, Tulsa, OK		
4/2/10	1:30pm	        ~ 2 Dozen	All 3 species	Laurel and Angela, Houston, TX	Mtn Chickadee, Steller’s Jay, Grey Headed Junco	
4/6/10	9:30 – 10:00am	            ~30	~20 BC, 6 BK and 4 GC	Dave Weaver, Sandia Park, NM	Mtn Chickadee, Steller’s Jay, Dark Eyed Junco	
4/6/10	4:00pm	            ~35	15BC, 20GC (Possible Hepburn’s), 1BKCarol Fegarido and Friend, Chattannoga, TN	“Usual”	
4/8/10	9:30am	           ~100	All 3 species	Dean Manley, Mountain View, CA	White Breasted and Red Breasted Nuthatchs, Steller’s Jay, Mtn Chickadee, Juncos	
4/9/10	Noon	           ~50	25BK and 25BC	Linda and Buck Taylor, Harbor Springs, MI	Steller’s Jay, White and Red Breasted Nuthatches, Mtn Chickadee