[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Ramsey County
A group of White-winged Crossbills has visited our backyard, observed on a few occasions over the last month. We live in St. Paul, Mac-Grovelamd neighborhood First seen on Jan. 15-16, then again this past week, on Jan. 27. The earlier viewing I would say ~10 + birds, second viewing maybe a bit fewer, ~6. The first viewing I observed both males and females, the later viewing I only spotted females. We have a group of pine trees with many small cones, this is where the birds were foraging. Both I and my neighbor friend who also observed, submitted these to eBird on the earlier occasion, and just my neighbor submitted on this week’s sighting. None of these submissions showed up on eBird rare bird alerts. We are puzzled as to why, not sure what we are doing wrong. I see other local White-winged Crissbill sightings are making the list. I realize this is not an eBird forum but if anyone had any insight on this, we would be interested to know.. I will submit these sightings to the MOU database later today.. An interesting behavior observed is that they do not seem to take great care to grab hold of any given cone and really exhaust it’s contents before moving on—the cones really fall like rain when they are going at it! We have a carpet of cones on the ground. Brian T. St. Paul Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net 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.
[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Ramsey County
Around 10:15 this morning I was somewhat surprised to find a small flock (~ 10 birds) of White-winged Crossbills feeding at the top of a white spruce at College Park on the south side of Doswell Ave. a few blocks west of the University of MN-St. Paul campus. The birds were vocalizing frequently until the flock stopped feeding and flew off to the north. There are a lot of white spruces in the area so it's possible the birds could be relocated in some nearby neighborhood. I haven't noticed any other reports of crossbills south of Sherburne County, so perhaps these are the first and a sign of finches to come. -- Bob Dunlap St. Paul, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Ramsey County
Glad to hear that they are still around - our neighbor in Highland Park hosted a flock a couple of times in December . Tom Gilde Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2021, at 7:07 AM, Brian Tennessen > wrote: > > A group of White-winged Crossbills has visited our backyard, observed on a > few occasions over the last month. We live in St. Paul, Mac-Grovelamd > neighborhood > > First seen on Jan. 15-16, then again this past week, on Jan. 27. The > earlier viewing I would say ~10 + birds, second viewing maybe a bit fewer, > ~6. The first viewing I observed both males and females, the later viewing > I only spotted females. > > We have a group of pine trees with many small cones, this is where the > birds were foraging. > > Both I and my neighbor friend who also observed, submitted these to eBird > on the earlier occasion, and just my neighbor submitted on this week’s > sighting. None of these submissions showed up on eBird rare bird alerts. We > are puzzled as to why, not sure what we are doing wrong. I see other local > White-winged Crissbill sightings are making the list. I realize this is > not an eBird forum but if anyone had any insight on this, we would be > interested to know.. > > I will submit these sightings to the MOU database later today.. > > An interesting behavior observed is that they do not seem to take great > care to grab hold of any given cone and really exhaust it’s contents before > moving on—the cones really fall like rain when they are going at it! We > have a carpet of cones on the ground. > > Brian T. > St. Paul > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > 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. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net 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.
Re: [mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Ramsey County
We have glimpsed a similar flock several times in Prospect Park (just across the city limit in Minneapolis) Susan Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2021, at 7:24 AM, Thomas Gilde wrote: > > Glad to hear that they are still around - our neighbor in Highland Park > hosted a flock a couple of times in December . > > Tom Gilde > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 30, 2021, at 7:07 AM, Brian Tennessen >> wrote: >> >> A group of White-winged Crossbills has visited our backyard, observed on a >> few occasions over the last month. We live in St. Paul, Mac-Grovelamd >> neighborhood >> >> First seen on Jan. 15-16, then again this past week, on Jan. 27. The >> earlier viewing I would say ~10 + birds, second viewing maybe a bit fewer, >> ~6. The first viewing I observed both males and females, the later viewing >> I only spotted females. >> >> We have a group of pine trees with many small cones, this is where the >> birds were foraging. >> >> Both I and my neighbor friend who also observed, submitted these to eBird >> on the earlier occasion, and just my neighbor submitted on this week’s >> sighting. None of these submissions showed up on eBird rare bird alerts. We >> are puzzled as to why, not sure what we are doing wrong. I see other local >> White-winged Crissbill sightings are making the list. I realize this is >> not an eBird forum but if anyone had any insight on this, we would be >> interested to know.. >> >> I will submit these sightings to the MOU database later today.. >> >> An interesting behavior observed is that they do not seem to take great >> care to grab hold of any given cone and really exhaust it’s contents before >> moving on—the cones really fall like rain when they are going at it! We >> have a carpet of cones on the ground. >> >> Brian T. >> St. Paul >> >> >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> 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. > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > 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. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net 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.
