Hi folks, I paid a visit to see my favorite bird, the red crossbills, over the weekend, and was able to get some photos and recordings—thanks so much to everyone who has been reporting on them on the state list! I sent my eBird list with recordings (as well as Tim Healy's much clearer recordings) to Jeffrey Groth at AMNH at the suggestion of Paul Sweet. Jeffrey determined that the birds sounded mostly like the type 7, or the "enigmatic crossbill." From this eBird article:
*"Known range:* May be rare, or based on many recordings of “eastern” Type 10 over the last several years, our rather common “northeastern subspecies” or call type. Type 7 was previously only thought to occur in interior areas of the Pacific Northwest U.S. and s. British Columbia, but as stated above, many recordings from the Great Lakes to the Northeast and southern Maritimes, some even going back to 1962, match the spectrograms and sounds of “Enigmatic” Type 7 very well. More study, specifically, recordings and measurements of the same individuals, are needed to crack and solve this mystery with certainty." Exciting stuff and thanks again to all! -- Ryan F. Mandelbaum Science Writer, Gizmodo <http://gizmodo.com> | Nerd [Placeholder for future accolades] [email protected] [email protected] http://ryanfmandelbaum.com <http://ryanfmandelbaum.weebly.com/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
