The Red Crossbills are still in the same area by Eloise Butler at about 9:30am Bob Williams
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 18, 2012, at 5:40 PM, "Dave McIntosh" <d...@mcintoshemboss.com> wrote: > Relocated flock of red crossbills, approximately 25, approximately 1/4 mile > west of Eloise Butler back gate, at intersection of two paths where water > trickles over path. In last twenty minutes, flock has come and gone twice. > Noisy in flight but very inconspicuous when perched in aspen tree right over > intersection. Other good sightings in area: scarlet tanager, numerous > chestnut sided, one wilson's, one canada, several redstart, vireo sp. > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Towle <towle...@umn.edu> > Sender: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> > Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:09:47 > To: <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> > Reply-To: Howard Towle <towle...@umn.edu> > Subject: [mou-net] Red Crossbills - Hennepin Co > > At about 12:30 PM today I saw a flock of at least 7 Red Crossbills at Wirth > Park in Hennepin County. The flock was made up of both male and females birds > and was on the ground drinking from a small seep that crosses the trail. The > spot where I saw them was just northeast of the Eloise Butler Wildflower > Garden in an area that has no coniferous trees in the immediate vicinity, > although there are certainly plenty in the park. I was alerted to the > possibility of this species by another birder who I ran into, but > unfortunately did not get his name. He said that he saw two crossbills > perched in a deciduous tree at the same spot, but because of his viewing > angle was unable to tell if they were Red or White-winged Crossbills. After > hearing this, I went off to look through areas of the park with more > coniferous trees without success. I then returned by the original spot on my > way home and saw the birds on the ground. They flew up into the nearby trees > when some walkers passed by, but a few returned to the ground a few minutes > later. Given the reports of Red Crossbills from Morrison, Sherburne and > Cottonwood counties this month, maybe we're in for a major irruption this > year. > > Howard Towle > Golden Valley, MN > ---- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful." "The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments."
