As Gail said, one of the places both Crossbill species have been in
the past is Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware. There are few if
any hemlocks there, but pines of several species in profusion.
And the Crossbills are definitely there again this year. I visited
the hawk watch platform at CH last Saturday, and saw/heard a large
group of White-winged Crossbills flying near the hawk watch and a
smaller group of Red Crossbills too. A female Red Crossbill landed
on top of a small pine less than 30 ft. of the hawk watchers and
posed for photos for more than five minutes. If you check eBird
Alerts for Delaware, you will see that the hawk watchers there have
been getting Crossbills almost every day, usually around 8 in the morning.
I think Jim Moore added Centennial Park in Howard County to the list
of possible Maryland locations. In February/March, 2009, there was a
flock of White-winged Crossbills there that persisted for a few
weeks. As I recall, they were feeding in hemlocks along Route 108,
flanking the main entrance of the park. Mark Hoffman took some great
photos of this flock.
Michael Bowen
Bethesda, MD
At 11:02 AM 11/12/2012, Gail B. Mackiernan
%<3Ckatahdinss...>%3E 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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