Subject: [Tweeters] big year for Red Crossbills?
Date: Aug 4 12:30:50 2009
From: Jim Elder - JElder at meteorcomm.com


Tweeters (and Bob),

A flock of about a dozen Red Crossbills flew over my Queen Anne (Seattle) house last night as we ate dinner. They stopped for several minutes in a Larch across the street. This is the first time I have seen crossbills at the house since December 1995 and the only time in the summer.

Jim Elder
Seattle, WA?
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:57:46 -0700
From: "Bob Sundstrom" <ixoreus at scattercreek.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] big year for Red Crossbills?
To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Tweeters,

While leading a tour a week ago on the Olympic Peninsula, we bumped into Red Crossbills at many locations and elevations, including just about every stop along the road up to Hurricane Ridge. I've also been encountering small flocks along upper Scatter Ck. and elsewhere in Thurston County over the past couple weeks. I'm just curious if others are finding crossbills and how widespread the pattern is in western Washington. At least locally, I'm seeing lots of Douglas-fir cones.

Good birding, Bob

Bob Sundstrom
Tenino, Washington
ixoreus at scattercreek.com

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