9/6/12 Long Lake (northern Hamilton County)
This morning, at about 8:45 a.m., 8 Red Crossbills flew directly over me heading southwest (I was on our lawn having just returned from hiking with our dogs). They were moving fast and calling - the vocalizations sounded closest to Type 3. (Thanks to Matt Young for sending me all his Red Crossbill recordings last year.) Red Crossbills nested in the area at the end of last summer (2011), and again this past winter, along with White-winged Crossbills. I've been regularly hearing White-winged Crossbills throughout the summer, but before today, the last Red Crossbills found were on June 9th (at least 2 on Blue Mountain) and a single bird fly-over bird on July 13 (Spring Pond Bog). Mike Bryant sent me beautiful photographs of the Red Crossbills in Central Park - very exciting! Joan Collins Long Lake, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
