Keith/Tweeters, Red Crossbills have been in my neighborhood on and off throughout this spring and summer. Yesterday, I heard a different type (or perhaps they had young with them) but did not have time to observe them. Their call notes were very different from the Crossbills that I usually hear around here. I was just beginning to wonder if they were nesting here this year since it seems they never left for more than a week at a time. *sigh* Someday, I'll have all the time in the world to observe birds and their behavior! Amy SchillingerRenton, WAschillingera at hotmail.com
From: buhrdz at hotmail.com
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 19:01:52 -0700
Subject: [Tweeters] Are Red Crossbills everywhere right now?








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


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