For those keeping notes on our crossbill incursion,

Today (3/5) as I stepped outside to head home for lunch, I heard that
distinctive twittering: a flock of White-winged Crossbills were in the tops
of a group of Norway Spruce (I knew Andy would ask) just north of the Tree
Fruit Research and Extension Center (WSU-Wenatchee).

They didn't stick around for long, my guess long enough to find the cones
empty, and headed to the west. As they went overhead, I could make out the
white wing patches and a few red bodies. There were about 25 birds in the
flock.

--Jerry Tangren
<tangren at wsu.edu>