I looked at the MOU database for Red Crossbill sightings in the month of August, regardless of year, in the whole state of MN. So far there have been 7 separate reports of Red Crossbills in August 2012, which compares to 14 total reports in the state of MN in August before this year. Most of these sightings have been in the last six days so it seems like this is a very unusual occurrence for them to be coming down in such numbers this early.
It was also exciting to be able to see them in Minneapolis in August no less. About 20 or so Red Crossbills did make a brief appearance at the reported spot in Theodore Wirth Park around 1:45 PM before flying off to another part of the park. Unfortunately they were high up in the trees so I couldn't get any pictures of them. Ben Harste Bloomington, MN On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Pat DeWenter <[email protected]>wrote: > Isn't it pretty unusual to have that many sightings of Red Crossbills so > far south in MN? I'd better get out searching for them up here. > Pat DeWenter > Bemidji > > ---- > 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
