To be specific, there is a small sign along the driveway where the birds
were seen, which says "High Grove" and the number 3445.

Good luck,
-Joe Byrnes
Columbia, MD

-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Bill Hill
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:23 PM
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Subject: [MDOSPREY] WW Crossbills - HoCo

This morning I heard that John Hubbell and Dave Powell had found a flock of
White-winged Crossbills along Hipsely Mill Road just north of the junction
with Annapolis Rock Road at about 9:30 AM.   By the time I arrived the
crossbills were long gone so eventually went to a row of Spruce trees
heavily loaded with cones about a mile away.    Within a few minutes I found
a flock of White-winged Crossbills quietly feeding.   Enjoyed watching them
for several minutes and managed to get a couple of photos during the brief
times they were exposed.  Then the flock became fairly vocal just before
they flew off in a southerly direction at 1150AM.  Counted 20 birds in the
flock.  Ironically, after looking for the Greater White-fronted Goose in
vain this morning at Brighton Dam, I had gone to this same line of trees to
look for WWCB at 8:30 but only saw a lone Blue Jay warming itself in the
sun.

The rest of the group that had been looking for the crossbills arrived about
2 minutes after the WW Crossbills flew.  Later, as we were standing around
pondering our next move, Jeff Culler noticed a distant bird with white
wingbars had popped up and Kurt Schwarz confirmed it as a female WW
Crossbill.  Later, three female WW Crossbills were well seen in these trees.

The tree-lined driveway is on the east side of Jennings Chapel Road about
1/4 - 1/2 mile southeast  of the junction with Hipsely Mill Road.  The
driveway is a private road and parking is very limited along Jennings
Chapel.

Bill Hill
Glenwood, Md.