I don't know how much of the park you covered, but we found 4 "stray'" crossbills far south of the larger flock, in evergreens near the group camp. Given the quantity of cones available there, I wonder if the the main flock moved down there to feed. Linda Whyte
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Linda Sparling <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
