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WW Crossbill and Painted Bunting - Yes

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Steve Sanford

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Steve Sanford

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Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:57:17 -0500

Paul Noell and I decided to take advantage of the last morning of 
warm, pleasant weather today and look for the colorful twosome. We saw 
the Painted Bunting in Arnold after about a twenty minute wait. It was 
on the feeder in good view from about 10:30 to 10:45. Then we buzzed 
on down to Sligo Creek Parkway, which was very easy via Route 50 and 
the Capital Beltway. After about ten minutes, we started getting good 
looks at the White-winged Crossbill at the feeder from about 11:30 to 
12:00. We had super looks at it through Mark England's scope. Thank 
you! This all made up for a lot of recent not-see birds, such as 
Dovekies, and Sedge Wrens, and Nelson' Sharp-tailed Sparrows.
After such a strenuous morning we were pretty hungry. About two miles 
north of the beltway on the right side of Rt 29 we tried the handy 
"California Tortilla" restaurant at Burnt Mills center, which had very 
tasty food for a reasonable price, and fast. We give it a big thumbs 
up. Future questers might want to keep that in mind.

Steve Sanford
Randallstown, Baltimore County
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