Hi Kevin, It's the largest type 4 irruption in the northeast in at least 25 years, and it's one of the top three Type 2 irruptions in the same time period. We often have a few type 2 around in the northeast most years. The numbers this year are impressive though.
Matt On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 1:20 PM Kevin C Packard <kc...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Hi fellow birders, > > I've been having some success in finding red crossbills recently, mainly > where the Finger Lakes Trail crosses Michigan Hollow Rd (the N crossing of > the two at the creek), but also today on the FLT near where it crosses > Travor Rd in Danby. Jay McGowan was kind enough to tell me that I had been > observing both Type 2 and Type 12 crossbills at Michigan Hollow. I'm > curious if this is considered an irruption year for this species. Whether > or no, it's quite satisfying hearing (and today finally getting good looks > at) crossbills. Happy birding! > > Cheers, > > Kevin Packard > > PS: Be advised that the Michigan Hollow location is much more accessible. > Travor Rd is driveable is you have a jeep or similar good ground clearance > vehicle that does not mind poor dirt roads. I don't, so I just walked the > FLT from S Danby Rd (2.5 miles round trip) instead. Ebird lists at > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S166817133 (Michigan Hollow, April 1) > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S166953165 (FLT - Travor Rd, April 2) > > > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
