Richard Trinker just reported to eBird an observation of juvenile red
crossbills at low elevation eating sunflower seed obtained from flowers at a
public garden in Boulder. I had the same exact experience yesterday in two
different yards on the east side of Fort Collins. The individuals I watche
These posts remind me of when I moved from Boulder up to 8600 ft in North
Beaver near Pinecliffe in 1996. While I didn't actually move up until June
1st, the homeowner had me come up to housesit in either late April or early
May. They had a big kitchen window planter box that they filled with Bla
I just read the "Breeding" section about Red Crossbills in Cornell's Birds of the World. I learned that Red Crossbills in North
America potentially nest twice each year, once in the early spring and again in the late summer, depending upon the availability of cone
seeds. A hypothesis, based on
In Rocky Mountain National Park over the weekend I saw many immature Crossbills eating thistle seeds in two different locations, in case that is of interest. Robin JasperLarimer CountySent from my iPhoneOn Aug 30, 2023, at 10:27 AM, Diana Beatty wrote:In general, if breeding is successful in sign
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Subject: [cobirds] Red Crossbills & sunflowers
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Richard Trinker just reported to eBird an observation of juvenile red
crossbills at low elevation eating sunflower seed obtained from flowers at a
public garden in Boulder. I had the same exact experience
