Bob,

Do you know what kind of spruces you were searching? I ask this because 
yesterday, I searched (w/o success) for WWCBs in an area of Rockville 
with a concentration of Norway Spruce. When I got home, I found a thread 
on PAbirds from 1/11/09 that WWCBs are not able to feed on Norway Spruce 
cones because of their (the cones) large size.

If you found these birds on Norway Spruce maybe I will try the Rockville 
site again.

Thanks,

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg


Bob Ringler wrote:
>    Bill Ellis suggested we go to Pine Valley Park in Manchester to look for crossbills this morning. There are many spruces there but we found no crossbills. I suggested we try a cemetery on Bachman Valley Road which is ringed with spruces. We found 13 White-wings there. It is John Luther Miller Memorial Cemetery about a half mile south of Bixler Church Road and Bachman Mills (DeLorme 74B1/2). The birds moverd around quite a bit and could be in any tree. If you go please respect the residents. 
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> Bob Ringler 
> Eldersburg MD 
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