I’ve had a flock circle through a few times this summer, all reported on eBird.
Charlene Nelson Elbow Lake farm, Grant County > On Aug 31, 2023, at 8:31 PM, Bill & Nancy Henke <wchen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. ---- 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.
