Jared, Todd, et all,
Saturday AM, Bill Schreitz joined me for sunrise at Sandy Point. We
noticed this one bird, and I actually joked with Bill about it being a
Red Crossbill. It was calling, but we wrote it off as a Goldfinch.
Perhaps I should blame my untrained ears or maybe, I just need to
remember to always expect the unexpected (and to be more thorough in
the field). In any case, it was a gray morning and I was trying to
show Bill where to look in the pine, so I fired off a shot (two
actually) to show him in my camera where to train his bins. It sat
motionless and we marveled at two Red-breasted Nuthatches instead of
focusing on this bird.
Bad call? Here are the two shots. They're hardly satisfactory, but
unedited in terms of saturation, exposure, etc.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervousbird/7919091966/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervousbird/7919092250/
Good Birding,
Dan Haas
St. Margaret's, MD
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Jared Fisher <Jared.Fisher...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Red crossbills are definitely on the move. I came across this link on the
> cape may bird observatory 'view from the field' blog last week
> http://cmboviewfromthefield.blogspot.com/2012/08/morning-flight-musings-red-crossbills.html
> You can also see from ebird maps a pretty amazing august push in the midwest
> and noteworthy sightings in the northeast.
>
> Jared Fisher
> Bethesda, MD
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 11:14 PM, <BlkVulture...> wrote:
>>
>> Nope, that's not a typo.
>>
>> This afternoon at about two-thirty PM, I was sitting on my pier with my
>> wife and father, facing the bay, when I started to hear a distinct call over
>> the water. The bird seemed relatively high, and sounded like it was flying
>> toward me. My first instinct was some immature tern or shorebird sound that
>> I hadn't heard before, but whatever it was sounded a lot like a Red
>> Crossbill. Then I found the bird against the bright, white sky, and
>> realized that it was indeed a songbird, and it was flying in an undulating
>> flight directly toward me. I got it in binoculars, but can only add that it
>> was a good fit for a finch (size, general shape, flight style). I couldn't
>> see any other details.
>>
>> The call was a clear JIP-JIP JIP-JIP-JIP, perhaps a bit flatter and
>> harsher than some crossbills I've heard, and constant during the ten or so
>> seconds of my observation.
>>
>> Yep, I'd be doubting this one too. No offense taken!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Todd
>>
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>> Todd Michael Day
>> Jeffersonton, Virginia
>> Culpeper County
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