The message below was sent to the wrong email. So, two weeks+ old but still of interest.
Marshall Howe ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: marshall or janet howe/mcmillen <howe.mcmil...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:09 PM Subject: Crossbills, Hubbard County To: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union <m...@moumn.org> On August 14th a flock of 10-12 crossbills landed briefly in our conifers near Dorset. I was attracted by the calls, which were not of the red crossbill local (e.g., Itasca State Park) song type. They were more like white-winged but not quite. The light was so poor I couldn't discern discern which species they were. But I believe they were likely red crossbills of one of the western song types. Recall that western crossbills showed up in numbers several years ago in August, after a series of fires in the Northwest. Maybe the extensive Canadian fires this year are precipitating another movement of crossbills east or in multiple directions. I will be interested to know if others are finding crossbills "out of place" this August. Marshall Howe ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
