Date: 4/24/24 4:26 pm From: David Worley <daveworl...> Subject: Early Swainson's Hawk; Canyon wrens
Just had a dark-phase Swainson's hawk fly over. Location is north of UNR. Bird initially observed too our east and circled and drifted slowly northwest, gaining altitude. Also had two cliff swallows fly over.
White-crowned sparrow numbers are decreasing and we haven't seen a junco for several weeks. We still have three to four Cassin's finches coming in to feeders.
About a week ago I took a hike up one of the canyons above Hidden Valley and had a pair of canyon wrens singing in rocky breccia-like outcrops.
