Hi all,
This morning a received an email from the homeowner hosting the crossbill
in Enfield. She asked me to relay to the list that, while she is very much
in favor of bird enthusiasm (and did not call the sheriff on Gary), she
feels very uncomfortable having people park near her house and look
I had a little time this afternoon to head up and try and see this uncommon
Crossbill. I wasn't able to hear or see him unfortunately but was able to
attract the attention of 2 Sheriff patrol cars. The neighbors in this area are
obviously bored or have overdosed on reality TV. Otherwise our
After reading a report of a Snowy Owl at St Simon's Island, GA of all places
(we've
not had many reports in the NE) we went to the window and Sue spotted a male
White-winged Crossbill on the seed trays of our sunflower tube feeders! It's so
unusual to see just one as they tend to flock but one's
Hi all,
The House Finches that rediscovered our feeding station in Horseheads about
a week ago were joined by a single WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL this morning.
While the finches came to the feeder, the crossbill moved to the spruce
trees, though I never noticed him feeding on the abundant cone crop.
This morning I had a single White-winged Crossbill flyover calling at Monkey
Run (but not from the yard).
Chris Wood
eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York
http://ebird.org
http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu
Senior Leader, WINGS Birding Tours
