Hi, birders: While birding the New Ulm cemetery complex (has the city of New Ulm, Catholic & Lutheran cemeteries all in one location) on my lunch break I found a flock of 20 plus White-winged Crossbills feeding on spruce cones in the Lutheran cemetery. This was in the row of spruces near the maintenance building that's near County Rd. 29. While sorting through the WW Crossbills, I was pleasantly surprised to find a male and female Red Crossbill. Was able to get long, close looks at them. The male was feeding seeds to the female from time to time.
Can anyone tell me, what's the likelihood that the Red Crossbills are part of the WW Crossbill flock or was it just coincidence that both species happened to turn up together? Brian Smith P.S. Brad Bolduan first found the WW Crossbills on Sunday, 1-22-12. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
