I believe that some White-winged Crossbills have also been seen and 
reported very recently in the large, formerly red state to our south.

Mike Bowen
Bethesda


At 01:13 PM 11/23/2008 +0000, Gail B. Mackiernan 
<> wrote:
>Hi all --
>
>Bill Hubick's post (of WW Crossbills) from Turkey Point may be a 
>harbinger -- being from Maine I read their bird chatline on Jack 
>Siler's page and one thing that has jumped out are reports of flocks 
>-- some quite large -- of White-winged Crossbills throughout the 
>state. Then last week a flock was reported in NW New Jersey.
>
>So keep your eyes and ears open!
>
>Good Birding,
>Gail Mackiernan
>Clesville, MD

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