Singular. I relocated one White-winged Crossbill this afternoon (Jan. 2) at about 3:45. She was teed up on a spruce near a ski shelter east of the line of red pine and spruce referred to in yesterday's post. She flew to the south and I did not see or hear any of her companions. An easier way to get to this part of the park is to park on 50th St., east of Cty. 21 at a point where there's a sign that indicates no parking between dusk and dawn. Walk around the corner and up the street (starts with 'Q'). You'll see a gate leading to the park. The line of conifers visible from the gate is the general area.
Also interesting today were two groups of Eastern Bluebirds (six in each group). One group was east of Woodbury Rd. on Dale or 50th St. The other group was north of Afton SP on 50th St. I also participated in the Afton CBC yesterday and found a group of 36 Common Redpolls in a neighborhood just southwest of Lake Elmo Park. Take Jasmine as it winds around to Stonegate Park. This is where I saw the flock. There are lots of birch trees around - the redpolls were feeding on the catkins. Linda Sparling ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
