Hi all, The House Finches that rediscovered our feeding station in Horseheads about a week ago were joined by a single WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL this morning. While the finches came to the feeder, the crossbill moved to the spruce trees, though I never noticed him feeding on the abundant cone crop.
Might be worth re-reading this story about crossbills, written during their irruption in 2008-09: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/got-white-winged-crossbills Good birding, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, Chemung Co., NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
