Jim Sinclair and I did a big day today which I will post a summary of tomorrow. One species which might be of interest locally and which we were not at all expecting to find was a small flock of White-winged Crossbills. These birds were in the large pine grove behind the Polk City Casey's. Both times that I heard them we were in the forest playing a screech-owl tape, and they seemed to approach, but did not come all the way in and we never did see them. There are a number of trees with medium sized cones in that grove--not ideal sized but possibly enough to hold their attention.
Aaron BreesSaylorville, IAhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/abrees/ --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
