I wonder if these are a western subspecies, possibly escaping heavy fire activity in the western conifer forests, has anyone been able to voice type them yet?
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM, James Fuller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > The three recent reports of Red Crossbills in the state has been most > interesting in light of an invasion of > Red Crossbills in the summer of 1996. At that time, the earliest report > was from July 13-14 of ten birds near Iowa City, and > the last report was from Humboldt County on August 25. During the > intervening period there were an > additional 27 reports to the Iowa RBA, and five more came in as seasonal > field reports. Almost all these reports were of birds > visiting sunflower and niger feeders. Thus, there may be more sightings to > come in 2012. An article outlining "A Summer > Invasion of Red Crossbills" can be found in the annals of Iowa Bird Life, > Fall 1998, Volume 68, Number4, Page 135. > > Good Birding, > Jim Fuller, Iowa City > --- > 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] > --- 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]
