Today Allen Lewis, Jeff Culler and I went to western MD looking for
crossbills. As Jeff has already reported, we found 4 White-winged
Crossbills (WWCB) at Rocky Gap State Park. Allen spotted the first one
through my sun roof in a pine tree at the camp store. Here is a photo by
Jeff of the lone female who was with 3 males.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43440320@N04/8228313610/in/contacts/
On the way home we stopped at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery at 9501 Catoctin
Mountain Hwy (US 15 N), Frederick, MD 21701. Apparently it is the only
cemetery in MD where you can be buried with your pet, but we wern't
staying. As soon as we arrived I spotted 3 birds that flew into the sun
that were possible WWCB. It took another 45 minutes of searching until Jeff
spotted a male WWCB perched towards the top of a conifer tree. It was near
an Angel section that is north of the veterans section.
We topped off the day with the Red-throated Loon at Centennial Lake that
Bill Hill had just found. Unfortunately, I later heard that the loon was
observed flying off at 4:15 pm.
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Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD
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