Just a quick note to say that I just saw at least one pair (one yellow and one pink) of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer, west end of Mountain Avenue. They were with a group of about a dozen Red Crossbills, feeding in Colorado Blue Spruce in Section E. They were also seen for a time on the ground with eating snow. If you find the flock (Section E is roughly just north of dead-center (sorry, let's say "middle" instead) of the cemetery, and can watch them for at least 45 minutes, my bet is you will see them come to the ground for frozen water every so often. Watch for one crossbill to initiate this by flying down from the very top of a cone-laden tree to a lower branch along the outside edge, then further down, etc. Eventually the whole flock seems to follow suit and you can get great looks while they "bite" the snow.
Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en
