Carroll Crossbills
Howard Youth (hmyouth@erols.com)
Sun, 11 Jan 1998 19:41:45 -0500 (EST)
This a.m., Jan. 11, we arrived at Pine Knob Rd. just before 8 a.m. and
briefly saw 4-6 crossbills in silhouette atop the white pines. They soon
took off, leaving their identity a mystery.
We continued on to Deer Park Rd., where one observer reported
flyovers of 1 ww and 1 red earlier. No luck there, though.
At about 9:30/9:45, we returned to Pine Knob Rd. to find birders on
four white-winged crossbills (one male, three yellows). Had great looks
through the scope at birds hanging on the cones. As we left, two driveways
west of the pines, on the left side, we saw four or five whitewings,
including one male, land in a tall deciduous tree in front of a house. The
birds perched there for five minutes before taking off. Then we saw five
others, including two males, in the tulip poplar next to this tree. At one
point, one of the males picked at the dried tulip poplar "cups." Eventually
they flew off toward the pines.
Howard Youth
Rockville, MD