[Birdtalk] crossbill irruption?

[Matt Mills]

In response to the earlier e-mail from Lu regarding the crossbill interruption:

 I am originally from Ontario, Canada and follow the bird sightings there very closely. There has been a major movement of White-winged Crossbills throughout the southern part of the province since October. Birders have seen flocks exceeding 60 birds in many cases. It is typical to see very few white-winged crossbills in southern ontario in any given fall/winter season so this has certainly been an exceptional year. Snowy Owls have also been all over the place, with as many as 5 around my home town alone. 

I realize that this is far from Utah, but perhaps we will see the effects of these movements in the coming weeks as these two species both have extensive ranges.

Matt Mills


--- On Fri, 12/12/08, Lu Giddings <seldom74 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lu Giddings <seldom74 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Birdtalk] crossbill irruption?
> To: "Bird Talk" <birdtalk at utahbirds.org>
> Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 10:40 AM
> This may be a re-post, and if so I apologize. The following
> note on a
> possible winter irruption of white-winged crossbills was
> posted on Ken
> Kaufman's blog a few days ago.
> http://birdingwithkennandkim.blogspot.com/2008/12/happening-right-now-crossbill-invasion.html
> Lu Giddings
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