Hi all,

I just posted some pictures and a video of the crossbills at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/)

What a great day!

Good birding!
Mikey Lutmerding
Lothian, MD

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:38 PM, John Hubbell <> wrote:

> I joined Mikey Lutmerding today in his sector of the Oakland Christmas
> Count in Garrett County.  White-winged Crossbills were the best birds of the
> day.  At a brief stop at Swallow Falls State Park in the morning, we heard
> but did not see a small flock.  We finally hit pay dirt in the afternoon at
> the Oakland Golf Club on Oakland-Sang Run Rd. when 7 birds (2 m, 5 f)
> settled into a tree visible from the clubhouse parking lot.  Mikey took a
> lot of great pictures, which I'm sure he'll post to his flickr site.   We
> heard or saw a number of additional birds at the golf course while we were
> watching the original flock.  We also heard reports that other counters had
> crossbills at Cranesville and Herrington Manor.
>
> John Hubbell
> Washington DC
>