Date: 11/27/12 9:03 am
From: Matt Hafner <hafner.matt...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] 5 WW Crossbills Rocky Gap SP


On our drive back from Kansas yesterday, we also stopped at Rocky Gap. We
didn't find any feeding crossbills, but did have a Red Crossbill flying
around the entrance to the campground. Unfortunately not long enough to
get a recording.

Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:59 AM, JB Churchill <jchurchi...> wrote:

> Well I struck out looking for these on Sunday spending about 30 minutes
> looking. I had them within 2 minutes of starting my list this morning. I
> pulled into the "golf only" parking lot and turned off the stereo and heard
> a group of crossbills before I even got out of the car.
>
> Rocky Gap SP
> Traveling
> 0.5 miles
> 14 Minutes
> Observers: 1
> All birds reported? Yes
> 6 Mallard
> 1 Great Blue Heron
> 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
> 2 Blue Jay
> 2 Song Sparrow
> 1 Northern Cardinal
> 3 Red-winged Blackbird
> 1 House Finch
> 5 White-winged Crossbill -- Watched them fly in calling. They stopped
> about 80 feet away from me in a large Virginia Pine. I clearly saw the
> crossed bill and two white Wing-bars on one or two of them.
>
>
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> John B. Churchill
> Frostburg, MD
> http://www.westernmdbirding.com/
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