Hi everyone, By sheer luck and coincidence, I happened to be in almost the same area as Luke and Will but a couple days earlier, on July 17. Specifically I was walking along the Rock Creek trail in the Eaglesnest Wilderness (where the Alfred M Bailey Bird Nesting Area is) when I came across a group of crossbills feeding on some dead but cone-rich lodgepole pines close to the trail. I've been seeking to record crossbills any chance I get, although that is admittedly not an easy task, as they are either often not close, or not cooperative. But this time, they were, at least enough so. As I was recording, Merlin surprisingly boldly flashed "Cassia Crossbill" as their identity after hearing the call notes. I was naturally a bit skeptical, although I was also feverishly wanting Merlin to be right.
After seeing Luke and Will's message this morning (I finally returned from my field season last evening), I was reminded and encouraged to inquire about whether I too had encountered Cassia Crossbills, given that I was as close to their location as I was, in space and time. Around midday today Matthew Young at Cornell confirmed that my recordings were entirely those of Cassia Crossbill. My recordings can be heard here in the checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S115261178 Eric ------- Eric DeFonso Boulder County, CO On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:53 PM William Churchill Anderson < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This morning, Luke Pheneger recorded what seems to be a group of CASSIA > CROSSBILLS in Summit County. Recordings were sent to Matt Young and Tim > Spahr, who both came back with the conclusion that they seem to be Cassia. > The birds were recorded around here: (39.7184582, -106.1552664). More > birders getting more recordings of these birds would be helpful, but it > seems that this is the second instance of this species in the state. Good > luck to any chasers! > > Good luck, > > William Anderson > Boulder > > -- > -- > 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] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADmRPBDzEGxjLxm1obkjygutf_23bYA43v6Bh8HZqHXjwV6OLw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADmRPBDzEGxjLxm1obkjygutf_23bYA43v6Bh8HZqHXjwV6OLw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFjVA_bwp7BSYvg0s88QWrWYMDsE9TCVQoNp1QCnFk2m7SR_ag%40mail.gmail.com.
