During our trip out of the North Platte area in January of this year, my father, brother, and I had the opportunity to visit the Deeds' residence near North Platte. The reason for our visit was that a BRAMBLING was visiting their feeders! A Brambling is a finch native to eastern Asia, and this was the second Nebraska record ever! We arrived at the Deeds' residence early on January 2. We watched for about 15 minutes and eventually the Brambling showed up.
The appearance of the Brambling coincides with an "invasion" year of Bramblings. Bramblings were seen in Washington, California, Wyoming, Montana, Ontario, British Columbia, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in the fall and winter of 2014 and 2015. This same phenomenon also happened the same year the first Nebraska record was seen too.
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