Crossbills
Robert Ringler (ringler@cct.infi.net)
Sat, 03 Jan 1998 19:41:55 -0800
On January 3, 1998 while birding with Bill Kulp in the Liberty
Watershed on Pine Knob Road, Carroll County we observed a flock of about
18 White-winged Crossbills which flew into some White Pines beside the
road and actively fed for about 10 minutes. They were joined by a flock
of about 15 Pine Siskins. They seemed to be flushed by passing traffic
and flew into a bare deciduous tree for several minutes before traffic
again seemed to flush the birds and they flew off. Red-breasted
Nuthatches were common there. This was about 0830-0900.
Bob Ringler