Tried to send this last night. re-sending. Hello all,
On Saturday I got out to some of my survey sites in the Pharsalia area. Highlights were 2 SHARP- SHINNED HAWKS, 1 juvy RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 3 COMMON RAVENS, and 4 Type 3 RED CROSSBILLS and one Type 1 RED CROSSBILL (the types were not associating with one another). The crossbills were 3 miles from where I had 20 Type 1s and one Type 10 two weeks ago. There's an unprecedented early and very large west to east irruptive flight of Red Crossbills (a good amount of the flight seems to be made up of type 3....more recordings needed!) taking place right now. The upper Great Lakes has been experiencing large numbers, and some sightings have started to pop up in the northeast as well.....Jay's 9 last Friday were likely Type 3. Hawk Ridge in Minnesota seems to be breaking state records every day.......After 603 on Thursday, another 2000 moves the past two days. Small-billed Type 3 are squeaky sounding...and a bit weak sounding as well. Here's a couple links to some Macaulay Library recordings of type 3.....poor recordings but diagnostic: http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/139452/loxia-curvirostra-united-states-new- york-matthew-young Type 1 calls first, then type 3. Type 1 is sounds like a chewt-chewt, the type 3 is squeaky and weak comparatively speaking. http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/161296/loxia-curvirostra-united-states-new- york-matthew-young A rough windy recording, but again, diagnostic. cheers, Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange -- 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/ --
