I had a small flock fly over last week in Grand Rapids and a flock of about 15 fly over this afternoon at Gooseberry Falls SP.
Over the past month and > > Hi Minnesotans- > > Red Crossbills are also irrupting into southern Wisconsin (Milwaukee and > Madison) and Michigan. There are also reports from Nebraska and Kansas, and > from as far east and south as North Carolina near Asheville. Sounds like > numbers are moving past Hawk Ridge, too! Keep the sightings coming! > > Jesse Ellis > Madison, WI > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Ben Harste <mnbir...@brainlaser.com> > wrote: > > > I looked at the MOU database for Red Crossbill sightings in the month of > > August, regardless of year, in the whole state of MN. So far there have > > been 7 separate reports of Red Crossbills in August 2012, which compares > to > > 14 total reports in the state of MN in August before this year. Most of > > these sightings have been in the last six days so it seems like this is a > > very unusual occurrence for them to be coming down in such numbers this > > early. > > > > It was also exciting to be able to see them in Minneapolis in August no > > less. About 20 or so Red Crossbills did make a brief appearance at the > > reported spot in Theodore Wirth Park around 1:45 PM before flying off to > > another part of the park. Unfortunately they were high up in the trees > so > > I couldn't get any pictures of them. > > > > Ben Harste > > Bloomington, MN > > > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Pat DeWenter <hoocooks4...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Isn't it pretty unusual to have that many sightings of Red Crossbills > so > > > far south in MN? I'd better get out searching for them up here. > > > Pat DeWenter > > > Bemidji > > > > > > ---- > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > > > -- > Jesse Ellis > Post-doctoral Researcher > Dept. of Zoology > University of Wisconsin - Madison > Madison, Dane Co, WI > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
