While cross-country skiing from the skyway trailhead on the Grand Mesa (Mesa County side) on Saturday I heard what I thought was a singing White-winged Crossbill (WWCR). Today, I went back with my recording equipment and, luckily, refound a singing WWCR fairly close to where I heard them yesterday (UTM - 12s 755219 4325584 NAD 83). I have been skiing up there quite a bit this winter and Red Crossbills have been very easy to find. I recently read an interesting bit on the eBird website also about the unusual movements of WWCR this fall/winter ( http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/introduction-to%20crossbill-vocalizations). I am going to try to revisit this area next weekend to see if I can search for evidence of breeding by both crossbill species for the atlas. I know there aren't a lot of birders that cross-country ski or snowshoe, but it may be interesting for those that do to explore other spruce-fir forests in Colorado to see if more can be turned up this winter. Also, If anyone is interested in hearing portions of the recordings I got toady you can visit the xeno-canto website (http://www.xeno-canto.org/) for a listen.
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