In Feb. and March 2009 WW Crossbills were also at Centennial Lake/Park
in Howard County for a couple months, where they were seen by many.
There is a stand of spruces (I think) near a parking lot and play
ground on the south side of the park where they fed.
Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, MD
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Gail B. Mackiernan
%<3Ckatahdinss...>%3E <katahdinss...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In 2009 WWCrossbills were at Schooley's Mill Park (Howard Co.) in fir
> (either Douglas or Frasier, not sure which species); at Woodend (Mont. Co.)
> in hemlocks; in Washington DC near the National Cathedral (in the
> neighborhood, not on the cathedral grounds) and again, in hemlocks; on
> private (but welcoming) properties along Hipsley Mill Rd near Annapolis Rock
> Rd. (Howard) in spruce. Back in 1999 (I think it was), they and Red
> Crossbills were in pines near Liberty Reservoir and I have seen both species
> in pines at Cape Henlopen, DE, in 1999 or fall 1998. We had a few coming to
> our feeder (feeding on ground) in 2009 in January.
>
> As for Bohemian Waxwings, the one in Feb. 2004 was with Cedar WW, in
> crabapples at a commercial nursery. In Maine I have mostly seen them in
> mountain ash (rowanberry). If you really want to think big, there is an
> ongoing Pine Grosbeak irruption in Maine, all birds being seen (as far as I
> have read), in crabapple. The last Evening Grosbeaks I have seen in Md were
> in Frederick Co feeding on half-frozen crabapples.
>
> Interestingly, our RB nuthatches have left us -- very suddenly with the
> recent warm weather. Previously we had 5-6 coming regularly and could hear
> them every time you went out into the yard. No siskins either since last
> week. Maybe the oncoming cold front will bring them back.
>
> Gail Mackiernan
> Colesville, MD
>
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