UPDATE: Carroll County Crossbills
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:19:15 -0500
On Wednesday, December 17, 1997, Rick Blom and Lou Nielson stopped by my
office at Liberty Reservoir to check for crossbills. About 1115, we went
outside and checked the White Pines. After a few minutes, a few
crossbills were heard.
Three were seen: 1 male Red Crossbill
1 male White-winged Crossbill
1 female unidentified crossbill
The birds were only present for about 5 minutes. No other crossbills
were seen through 1300.
The Reservoir Natural Resources Office is located at 5685 Oakland Road
in Eldersburg, Carroll County. I'm there Monday through Thursday from
8AM to 6PM. Feel free to stop in while I'm there. Unfortunately, the
highly nomadic crossbills may decide not to be there. Please note that
there are "No Parking" signs along that stretch of Oakland Road except
near the end of the road.
AFTERTHOUGHT: There is no reason to think that this is the only
watershed location where there are crossbills. They could be at any of
the pine/spruce/hemlock/cedar locations at either Liberty, Loch Raven,
or Prettyboy Reservoirs.