[Birdtalk] Re: White-winged Crossbills

[Dave Hanscom]

> The highlight for me, though, was a flock of about eleven WHITE-WINGED 
> CROSSBILLS feeding in the spruces of a residential area.  Red Crossbills 
> are usually much more common here in Cache County, but we couldn't find 
> a single Red among this flock of White-wingeds (or anywhere else).
>
> Here's the best photo I could manage:
> http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/WWCRsmall.jpg

Nice photo, Ryan.  I wish the bunch that's been hanging around Park City 
would hold still long enough for me to get my scope set up and a camera
attached.  But I'm glad someone else in Utah has seen and recorded them.

The flock I observed late last week was quite a bit larger, but consisted 
of about 25% Red.  I wonder if the reason I haven't been able to find them 
for a couple of days is that they headed north???  I hope others in Cache
Valley will get to enjoy them, too.

Dave