Hi all! It's been so long since I posted anything I had to re-learn the process. So I hope this is correct. A fortuitously short trip finding this couple. As I left two times previous without seeing them. I happened to park right under the spruce tree the White-winged Crossbills were feeding in today. This was around 2:45pm and the sun shining from the west made for perfect observation conditions. I never heard them at all due to their proximity to the raucous Mountain Chickadee and Pine Siskin hordes they were intermingling with. After about 5 minutes they flew off to the west and I couldn't refind them. I saw them in a tree in Section 7 but just of the road that bisects Sections 7 and 9 on the South side of the cemetery. Curiously, I did not see or hear a Red Crossbill at all. A good lifer to start the year. A thanks to Dave Leatherman for finding the birds. I think Dave is responsible for more birds on my life list than I am!
Good birding to you all! Josh Bruening Fort Collins
