I have been having female crossbills at my sunflower feeder too. I can't
remember ever having them before. Does anyone know the odds of them staying
around to nest. The only male I saw flew off when I got too close to the
window.

Louise Fountain
Eatonville, WA
dale.fountain at gte.net
-----Original Message-----
From: MEYER2J at aol.com <MEYER2J at aol.com>
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 6:11 PM
Subject: Red Crossbills


>Yeh, Tweets:
>
>At last, a male Red Crossbill has shown up at the tube feeder to join the 2
>females. He's singing in the fir tree right now!!! (well, Tuesday, early
>evening that is) Yes!!!!
>
>Joyce Meyer
>Woodinville, WA
>MEYER2J at aol.com