After reviewing some audio recordings to check against my initial impressions, I'm feeling confident enough to at least put the word out even if I'm not totally comfortable locking in an ID confirmation. On my walk to the train in Lynbrook today I heard a bird giving double note flight calls passing overhead from north to south. The overall quality and pacing of the vocalizations sounded pretty good for White-winged Crossbill. I never got a visual and it was gone long before I could get out my phone to attempt a recording. We haven't yet had any reports of this species in southern New York this season, but birders upstate and our neighbors in Connecticut and New Jersey have seen a few. Keep an eye and an ear out, and consider refreshing your memory on the vocalizations of some of the rarer winter finches in case something interesting flies by. There's a big cold front coming and you never know what it might bring.
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