A few years ago, I found white-winged crossbills while skiing
at the White Pass chairlifts. There are birds in the
mountains in winter, and its worth keeping eyes and ears
open during those breaks in the action.

Nice to see your list of other species too, similar to what I
often find when up high in the winter. I often find
Golden-crowned Kinglets up high in the winter, quite amazing
it seems given their size and primarily invertebrate-based
diet. I think there is one group of permanent resident
species that truly are that and another that withdraw from
higher elevations in winter (e.g. Winter Wren).

Chris Chappell
Olympia
chris.chappell at wadnr.gov