Thank you to all who posted these sightings. At 2:30 the Clark's Nutcracker was still actively foraging on the N. side of CR 1 just at, and just west, of its intersection with St. Alban's St. At first it had been hunting insects in the grass right at the intersection to the east, across from the bus-stop on the corner. It then flew into the row of trees on the NW border of that intersection, reappearing in one of the conifers there.
In a few minutes, it took position on a short post in the open grassy area, peering down and then diving for food. After a while it flew directly across that intersection, heading west right over our heads in the direction of St. Alban's. It landed on the telephone pole and resumed its peering and diving. At one point it had came within a few yards of us, seemingly unconcerned about our presence. It worked its way west along either side of the bike path there, once or twice taking up a perch on post or tree, but always returning to the ground to snatch up food with a dive and a hop. When we departed, the bird had been feeding within a few feet of someone getting photos, hunting directly in his shadow. During the half hour or so that we were there, a flock of @ 30 Red Crossbills flew over the same intersection, heading NE, possibly the same flock Bob Dunlap saw heading south earlier. That was the cherry on the sundae--- lifers, on top of a second and far superior look at a bird I'd seen only from a distance in Glacier Park. This was a much more impressive bird in size (and beak!) than I'd imagined. Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
