I found a single Red Crossbill on Monday at the Tamarac NWR visitors center, and another on Wednesday at the Tamarac NWR Chippewa Picnic area. (Becker County)
On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 8:28 PM marshall or janet howe/mcmillen < howe.mcmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > ---- 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.
