Charles Swift, ex-Baltimore birder now living in Idaho and visiting for the holidays, called today (December 31) and said that he and others had found both Red and White-winged Crossbills at Pine Ridge Golf Course at Loch Raven Reservoir today. The birds were seen most frequently around the 6th and 7th greens and tees, which are right behind the driving range parking lot on the entrance road. As many as 10 Reds and an indeterminate number of White-wingeds were seen. Rick "Everywhere I go I'm asked if the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher." Flannery O'Connor Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland