Hi all, I work on the shores of Grays Harbor 5 days a week and over the past several weeks I have had Red Crossbills virtually everywhere. I cover perhaps 5-10 miles of shoreline a day, from Ocean Shores to Westport, and lately it rarely goes 45 minutes or an hour before I hear crossbills again (yes Charlie, I do need to start sorting my crossbills by type. I will try). This also seemed to be the case as I worked several days this week at Willapa Bay. Also this past weekend in Okanogan County plenty of flyover crossbils. I wondered how many of our counties are seeing (hearing) this?
Had a good time in the Okanogan... LONG-EARED & GREAT-GRAY OWLS, BLACK-BACKED and THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS and many other niceties.
Thanks for any replies,
Keith Brady
Olympia, WA