[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills/Redwood County

[brsmith]

Hi,Earlier this afternoon I found 8 White-winged Crossbills at the 
Catholic/Lutheran cemetery just east of Lucan on 250th Street. I lost sight of 
them when they flew to the farm grove on the north side of 250th where there 
were some more conifers.Brian Smith Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy 
smartphone


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Re: [mou-net] [EXTERNAL] [mou-net] White-winged Crossbills - Hennepin Co.

[Malling, Mike]

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Earlier this morning I enjoyed seeing and hearing a flock of 16
White-winged Crossbills at Bde Maka Ska (Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis
Hennepin Co.  I observed the WWCR flock from the parking lot of Thomas
Beach feasting on the abundant cone crops.  I was happy to see these
beautiful birds migrate south into the Metro close to home this Fall.

Conny Brunell
Hennepin Co.


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills - Hennepin Co.

[Conny Brunell]

Earlier this morning I enjoyed seeing and hearing a flock of 16
White-winged Crossbills at Bde Maka Ska (Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis
Hennepin Co.  I observed the WWCR flock from the parking lot of Thomas
Beach feasting on the abundant cone crops.  I was happy to see these
beautiful birds migrate south into the Metro close to home this Fall.

Conny Brunell
Hennepin Co.


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Re: [mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Ramsey County

[Susan anderson]

We have glimpsed a similar flock several times in Prospect Park (just across 
the city limit in Minneapolis) Susan

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> 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
>> 
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Re: [mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Ramsey County

[Thomas Gilde]

Glad to hear that they are still around - our neighbor in Highland Park hosted 
a flock a couple of times in December .

Tom Gilde 

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> 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
> 
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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Ramsey County

[Brian Tennessen]

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


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills (Hennepin Co.)

[Alyssa DeRubeis]

To add to recent White-winged Crossbill sightings in the Twin Cities, today I 
observed flocks of 6 and 15 at Rebecca Lake Park Reserve and Crow-Hassan Park 
Reserve, respectively. Both observations were of flyover groups, and I never 
saw neither flock land. I also had five other finch species for the day: 
Purple, House, Pine Siskin, Common Redpoll, and American Goldfinch.

Good birding!

Alyssa DeRubeis
temporarily situated in Golden Valley, Hennepin Co.

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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Hennepin county

[Doug Kieser]

Hi,

I just observed 3 White-winged Crossbills at Oak Hill Cemetery, South
Lyndale Avenue and 59th St. in Minneapolis.   Two adult males and one
female/immature.

Doug Kieser
Minneapolis


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Watonwan County

[Doug Kieser]

There is currently a flock of around 8 White-winged Crossbills at Mt. Hope
Cemetery south of St. James on county 27.  Quietly feeding in the
cone-laden spruces near the service buildings.

Doug Kieser
Minneapolis


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[mou-net] White-winged crossbills in a Ottertail County

[MARK OTNES]

I saw 3 white-winged crossbills at Glendalough State Park at about 9 this 
morning.  One was a bright pink-red male with bold black and white wings.  Not 
the crossbill species I was expecting.

Mark Otnes
Fargo, ND


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills at Sherburne NWR

[MOU admin]

(Posted by Daniel Orr  via moumn.org)

Eleven White-winged Crossbills were present today at about 2:30 along the east 
side of the 
conifer plantation on Blue Hills Trail. Also found 1 each Ruffed Grouse, Bald 
Eagle, Red-
tailed Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned 
Kinglet, as well as 5 American Crows, 9 Black-capped Chickadees, 2 White 
Breasted 
Nuthatches and 4 Common Redpolls.  Thank you to all who have previously 
reported the 
White-winged Crossbills. They were right where they generally have been 
reported.

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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Sherburne NWR, Blue Hill Trail

[linda whyte]

Thanks to Justin Watts, for posting the continued presence of these birds.
We found them midway along the East border of the pine stand. The spot was
most easily accessed by walking the Blue Hill Trail to the pine stand, then
turning right (northward) at the pair of blue "hiking trail" signs. They
were feeding intently on the numerous small pine cones near the top of a
spruce, raining cone debris onto the ground. We counted at least two males
and six females, though others were probably hidden on the opposite side of
the tree.
The spruce is visible from the path bordering the field, However, it's not
directly next to the path. There is a small, bare, deciduous tree with a
couple of short conifers at that spot on the path, and a huge white pine
(the biggest tree on the east border) that blocks the view of the spruce
from the south.
Look hard for any motion in place, in a tree loaded with small cones. We
saw the birds only because I happened to stop there to mop my watering eyes
and running nose, and Rob noticed the motion. (I guess I'll gripe less
about "winter" eyes and nose.)
Linda Whyte


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[mou-net] White-Winged Crossbills, Sherburne Refuge

[Justin Watts]

Today Annabelle Watts and I relocated a flock of White-Winged Crossbills in
Sherburne County along the Blue Hills trail at the refuge. There was about a
dozen crossbills quietly feeding near the trail for a good 30 min. The
location was very near 45.5035, -93.7185 which is along the fire break road
through the evergreens. 

This flock seems reliable and has probably been present since the CBC for
that area. Great to finally see this nemesis of mine!


Justin Watts,
Hennepin County


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills - Hennepin Co.

[Doug Kieser]

Hi,

I took advantage of the break in the snow to take a walk through Oak Hill 
Cemetery in south Minneapolis, where I found a small flock of 6 White-winged 
Crossbills (including two bright males) near the rear of the cemetery.
Anyone searching for these birds might want to also check the spruces in front 
of Richfield United Methodist Church, cones have been piling up under these 
trees for a few days.

Doug Kieser
Minneapolis




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[mou-net] White Winged Crossbills

[Mark Palas]

I have a group of around 6 White Winged Crossbills stripping cones off of a 
spruce tree in my front yard.
I live at 1295 Sargent Ave,  St, Paul,   if anyone wants to take a look.

Good Luck

Mark Palas

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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills in Edina

[Joel and Lisa Swanstrom]

I came upon a surprise while walking the dog today. About five crossbills
were on the snow bank and let me get a good look. Then a whole flock flew
out of a nearby tree and they all went off to who knows were.

 

I guess I should always have my binoculars on walks. I was assuming they
were house finches until I got real close.

 

Joel Swanstrom



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[mou-net] white-winged crossbills, St. Anthony Park

[W Shively]

This afternoon there was a flock of approximately 20 white-winged
crossbills in spruces by an alley running between Doswell Avenue and Carter
Avenue in the St. Anthony Park section of St. Paul.  The alley runs behind
the businesses that front on Como Avenue.
 Phil Shively


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills. Fox Sparrow, Golden Eagles - Winona County

[Williams, David A]

Hello all,

Dedrick Benz and I went out around Winona and Houston counties as part of the 
annual Golden Eagle survey today. We found not only Golden Eagles, but other 
birds of interest:

The first was relocating a FOX SPARROW first found last week by Dedrick and 
Chris Hockema. This bird is in Wiscoy Valley on Winona County Rd 17. From 
Highway 76 head west on Co. 17 about 8/10th of a mile. You will come across a 
farm with the house and barn on either side of the road. Just past look for the 
sparrow feeding along the side of the road and hanging out in the brush.
About 1.2 miles further look for a stand of spruce on the south side of the 
road. Here we located a flock of c. 20 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS feeding. The 
birds flew in as we approached, and later departed toward the west.
We located six GOLDEN EAGLES on the day, though two of these may actually have 
been the same bird seen a couple hours apart. Four of the birds were juveniles 
and two were adults. All were found in Wiscoy Valley along Co. Rd. 17 except 
one juvenile which was on Highway 76 about 3/4 of a mile south of the turnoff 
to 17. If anyone is interested in more specific locations on the birds, feel 
free to back-channel me.
Other birds of interest on the day included Snow Buntings, Horned Larks, 
Northern Shrike (1), Rough-legged Hawk (2), and Eastern Bluebird.
In all, a nice day of winter birding!

Dave Williams
Winona


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Willmar

[J. Schmidt]

This afternoon around 2:40 on the campus of Ridgewater College, Willmar, I 
found a small group of White-winged Crossbills feeding on a spruce tree.  Ron 
Erpedling joined me and we could count up to 5 individuals, though there may 
have been a few more.  The birds were in a tree across the street from the 
Customized Training Center, or just NW of the center.  If you desire more exact 
directions feel free to email me.
 
Joel Schmidt


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills

[Al Schirmacher]

Small flock of WW Crossbills present, Blue Hill Trail, Sherburne Refuge, 
conifer section, this morning.

Al Schirmacher

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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills in Crow Wing County

[Steve Jo Blanich]

Two dozen White-winged Crossbills were seen today in spruce trees in north 
Crosby, Crow Wing County


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Ramsey County

[Bob Dunlap]

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


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills

[Al Schirmacher]

White-winged Crossbills, Blue Hill Trail, Sherburne NWR, conifer section.

Al Schirmacher


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[mou-net] White-winged crossbills

[Bill Tefft]

I don't know how dependable they will continue to be, but every day this
week white-winged crossbills have been feeding on white spruce cones between
Pattison Street and the Ely School at the intersection of East Pattison
Street and 5th Avenue in Ely.


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[mou-net] White-winged crossbills

[Bill Tefft]

Although they are difficult to notice unless flying or calling or perched in
the open, I have seen white-winged crossbills regularly in Ely this winter.
There are many large white spruce in town with lots of cones like the ones
on Pattison Street.  I just saw a group of about 10 moving from tree to
tree.


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[mou-net] White winged crossbills, Pine County

[Deb Sewell]

I just observed a flock of about 20 white winged crossbills in a spruce tree
in my yard. I had heard flocks of what I suspected to be crossbills flying
around in the last couple of weeks, but this was the first time I was able
to locate them with the binoculars. I hope they stay around for the CBC!

-- 
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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Black-throated Blue Warbler - Cook County

[Shawn Conrad]

I was working in a white spruce stand west of the Sawbill Trail in Cook
County on Tuesday when a small flock of White-winged Crossbills flew over
and finally landed nearby when I pished.  I heard them in the area for maybe
a half hour after that.  White-winged Crossbills in August...what a treat!

Shortly after, I was hiking out through some thick brush and a small bird
landed on a tree in front of me.  It was a male Black-throated Blue
Warbler!

I doubt anyone would want to thrash through the brush to get to either
location, but it's cool knowing that these two species were in the same
vicinity in mid-August.

-- 
Shawn Conrad
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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills

[Chad Heins]

Hey birders!

At 9:30am this morning I had a flock of White-winged Crossbills on the Bethany 
Lutheran College campus.  They were feeding in the large White Spruces south of 
the chapel.  There were also plenty of Common Redpolls and Pine Siskins 
flitting around too.

Happy birding!

Chad Heins
Mankato, MN



  


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, birding software.

[CAROLE NIMLOS]

I had several  at my home in Vadnais Heights this morning, feeding on pine 
cones.  I had seen them last week as well.
I would like to have some ideas on listing software.  I have a yard list and 
world list I would like to organize.  Any ideas?
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  Date:Sun, 1 Mar 2009 10:54:23 -0600
  From:George B Skinner 
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  Subject: present, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co.

  Sunday, Mar. 1, 2009 at 10 am, I noted the owl is
  sleeping in the wood duck box visible from the
  street. Look through the pines at the southwest
  corner of the house to see the larger pole
  mounted box at the northwest corner of the house.

  Saturday it was sitting in the hole from noon
  until dark. At 7 pm the video camera showed
  it eating (more feathers in the box) and it left
  the box at 7:15 pm.

  If you are lucky you might see it sitting in the hole.

  George Skinner
  15330 Lynn Terrace
  Minnetonka, MN 55345-5734
  952-936-0811

  
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  Date:Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:01:53 -0600
  From:George B Skinner 
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  Subject: Great Horned Owl hoot fest, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co.

  Last night at 7 PM at least 4 and possibly
  more Great Horned Owls were hooting
  and flying from tree to tree near the intersection
  of Highland Rd. and Lynn Terrace in Minnetonka.

  This was just down the hill from the intersection,
  towards Wing Lake. They were in the trees by the=20
  road and to the west of Highland Rd.

  I also heard them calling off and on through the
  night.

  George Skinner
  Minnetonka

  
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  Date:Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:38:19 -0600
  From:George B Skinner 
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  Subject: visible now, E. Screech Owl, Minnetonka, Hennepin Co.

  Sunday, Mar. 1, 2009  at 11 am, the owl is=20
  at the hole in the wood duck box visible from the
  street.

  Look through the pines at the southwest
  corner of the house to see the larger pole
  mounted box at the northwest corner of the house.

  Saturday it was sitting in the hole from noon
  until dark. At 7 PM the video camera showed
  it eating (more feathers in the box) and it left
  the box at 7:15 P.M.

  If you are lucky you might see it sitting in the hole.

  George Skinner
  15330 Lynn Terrace
  Minnetonka, MN 55345-5734
  952-936-0811

  
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  Date:Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:00:13 -0600
  From:Linda Krueger lkrue...@umn.edumailto:lkrue...@umn.edu
  Subject: Photo Website Update

  February 1st Kevin and I headed to Monticello to photograph Trumpeter Swans.
  The weekend of February 6th we headed to Lock and Dam 18 in Burlington, Iowa
  to photograph Bald Eagles and American White Pelicans.  Some of the photos
  we took from these two areas are now on our website along with photos of:
  Mallard, American Goldfinch, Canada Goose, and Hoary Redpoll.

   

  Enjoy!

   

  Linda and Kevin Krueger

  www.FLIGHTofNATURE.comhttp://www.flightofnature.com/

   


  
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  Date:Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:05:33 -0600
  From:Paul Budde pbu...@earthlink.netmailto:pbu...@earthlink.net
  Subject: Winter 2008-2009 Season

  The winter season (12/1 - 2/28) has ended.=A0 If you will be submitting =
  a
  seasonal report for inclusion in the winter summary to be published in =
  The
  Loon, please do so now.=A0 We strongly encourage submissions using the =
  MOU
  website (http://moumn.org/http://moumn.org/). 

[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills/Brown County

[Brian Risa Smith]

After a number of unsuccessful searches of the New Ulm City Cemetery over this 
winter, I finally found White-winged Crossbills there this morning.  I first 
found a flock of 4 (one male and three females or immatures) and then about a 
half hour later a flock of 15 arrived and foraged for several minutes in a 
couple of spruce trees before flying off.  Some other birds seen here were Pine 
Siskin, Common Redpoll  two Golden-crowned Kinglets.

Good birding,

Brian Smith
Sleepy Eye


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Sibley County

[Bob Dunlap]

Their southern MN invasion continues: this morning I had a flock of  
about 25 White-winged Crossbills in the town of Henderson. The birds  
were feeding in two White Spruce (next to two Norway Spruce which the  
birds didn't touch) between Fifth St. and Fourth St. about a block  
south of Main St. (Hwy. 19).


Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County
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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Nicollet County

[Bob Dunlap]

After not seeing them in Nicollet County since mid-November, this 
morning a small flock of White-winged Crossbills flew over the 
Interpretive Center on the south side of campus at Gustavus Adolphus 
College in St. Peter.


So far it seems like the majority of southern MN crossbills have been 
heading southeast, but perhaps now that food supplies are getting used 
up they will take a turn southwest.


Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County
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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Carpenter Nature Center Washington County

[jbaines317]

I apologize for the late posting-

At 12:30 today?there were about 8 White-winged Crossbills feeding in the small 
stand of trees right outside Carpenter Nature Center's Visitor Center front 
door. They foraged for about 20 minutes then flew off to the treeline.

Jen Vieth


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[mou-net] White-Winged Crossbills, Mower County

[rvjesse]

Good Afternoon:  Just had a nice flock of around 40 White-Winged Crossbills in 
the 3 large evergreen trees we share with our neighbors here in our front yard 
in Austin, Mower County.  Were here for a few minutes, eating and chattering 
away.  Most then flew southwest around 200 feet to another neighbors evergreen 
trees. Have left the area for now.   Thanks,  Bob Jessen  2204 9th Place SW,  
Austin,MN


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Winona County

[Dedrick Benz]

At about noon Monday, I found a flock of about 20 White-winged Crossbills in 
rural Winona County.
 
I would recommend using Mapquest over Googlemaps for navigational purposes.  
Googlemaps has roads mislabeled in this case.
 
From the town of Homer, which is just downriver from Winona on Hwy 61, head 
south on County Road 15.  This steep, paved road winds it's way up to farm 
country, and eventually comes to a T, wherein a left will keep you on 15 and a 
right will be Pleasant Ridge Rd.  At this T, there are a few driveways and 
fire #s.  A quick left (keeping you on 15) will bring you to Fire # 26161.  At 
the south edge of the farmstead, there is a shelterbelt of spruce set back 
from the road about 50 yards behind a small corral.  The birds were foraging 
in these spruces.
 
I would recommend using Mapquest over Googlemaps for navigational purposes.  
Googlemaps has roads mislabeled in this case.  Note that MapQuest has Pleasant 
Ridge Rd. labeled as Hm Township Rd 25.
 
Dedrick Benz
Winona, MN
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Re: [mou-net] White-winged Crossbills, Winona County

[Steve Midthune]

Another flock of about 20 white-winged crossbills was seen about the same 
time in my front yard at 1113 Country Drive in Winona. This is in Gilmore 
Valley west of St Marys
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At about noon Monday, I found a flock of about 20 White-winged Crossbills in 
rural Winona County.


I would recommend using Mapquest over Googlemaps for navigational purposes. 
Googlemaps has roads mislabeled in this case.


From the town of Homer, which is just downriver from Winona on Hwy 61, head 
south on County Road 15.  This steep, paved road winds it's way up to farm 
country, and eventually comes to a T, wherein a left will keep you on 15 and 
a right will be Pleasant Ridge Rd.  At this T, there are a few driveways and 
fire #s.  A quick left (keeping you on 15) will bring you to Fire # 26161. 
At the south edge of the farmstead, there is a shelterbelt of spruce set 
back from the road about 50 yards behind a small corral.  The birds were 
foraging in these spruces.


I would recommend using Mapquest over Googlemaps for navigational purposes. 
Googlemaps has roads mislabeled in this case.  Note that MapQuest has 
Pleasant Ridge Rd. labeled as Hm Township Rd 25.


Dedrick Benz
Winona, MN
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[mou-net] White-winged crossbills in Roseville

[Liz Harper]

I saw several white-winged crossbills this afternoon in Roseville - there
was a large group that was scattered in the spruces along County Road B2
between Dale and Western Ave., a small group near Central Park, and 2 small
groups in spruces along Merrill Street between Howard Johnson Park and
Cottontail Park.

Liz


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills; NO Black-Backed Woodpecker - Morrison Co. (Cushing)

[Herb Dingmann]

Following Frank Gosiak's post from last weekend, I headed up to Cushing
to look for the Black-backed Woodpecker.
 
Two hours of searching the tamaracks produced nothing but a couple of
Hairy's in the Woodpecker family, although there were plenty of trees
that had been worked over.  However, I was somewhat compensated by
seeing a half-dozen White-winged Crossbills in the Black Spruces that
are mixed in with the Tamaracks.  I also heard them or others several
times while searching for the Black-backed Woodpecker.
 
To get to this spot, turn south on CR11 off of Hwy 10 in Cushing.  You
will immediately come to a snowmobile trail crossing CR11.  Pull over on
the shoulder (plenty of room), and then follow the snowmobile trail into
the tamaracks.  Several hundred yards in you will see where the trees
have been worked on to the right of the trail.  There is a smaller
snowmobile trail going left at that point, and the crossbills were seen
where the trees end to the right of that secondary trail.
 
Several parties of snowmobiles went through while I was there, so I
suspect the Woodpecker may have moved away from the noise deeper into
the trees, or may have left the area altogether.
 
Herb Dingmann
St. Cloud


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[mou-net] White-winged Crossbills Downtown Duluth

[sparky stensaas]

A flock of cooperative White-winged Crossbills has been feeding in the spruces 
along the Lakewalk behind the 100 block of East Superior Street.They have been 
essentially in the same place for the last three days. Fairly low so great 
opportunities for watching/photography. Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road 
Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell 
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www.sparkyphotos.com
 
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[mou-net] White-winged crossbills-Mpls, Hennepin

[Diana Doyle]

At 11:00 today there was a flock of about 8 white-winged crossbills  
feeding on the black spruces just west of 34th Ave S. along Minnehaha  
Creek (along the tennis courts). They were still there feeding when I  
left at 11:15.


Diana Doyle
S. Minneapolis



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[mou-net] white-winged crossbills

[james otto]

Thanks to a Drew Smith call , I was able to relocate White-winged
Crossbills at Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights. There were
25-30 birds feeding on the Spruce Cones.
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[mou-net] White-winged crossbills (Duluth)

[Brad Snelling]

There has been a flock of about 40 white-winged crossbills visiting spruce 
trees just to the east of Woodland Ave. (around E. Kent, E. College and Clover) 
this morning.
 
Brad Snelling
Duluth
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[mou-net] White-winged crossbills still at Wilkie Unit

[Diana Doyle]

A flock of about 15 white-winged crossbills visited the black spruce  
grove at Wilkie unit of the MRVNWR this morning.


They arrived at 9:30, stayed only a few minutes, and continued off to  
the north. I waited until 10:25 but they didn't return.


No one had posted about this flock/location recently and the last  
submitted MOU sightings for crossbills at Wilkie was 11/29/08. I  
wondered if they were still present, but figured with such a reliable  
food source the odds were good!


Diana Doyle
S. Minneapolis

Directions as posted earlier by others: Hwy 101/169 to main parking  
lot off 101. Proceed through gate about 1/4 mi east along River Rd  
(park road/frontage road).




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