At least 6 White-winged Crossbills (3 males, 3 females) were still in the
evergreens just east of the Centennial Park entrance between 12:30 and 1:30
pm.
Parking was a problem.
Cliff Comeau
Beltsville/Calverton MD
----- Original Message ---
From: "PETER OSENTON" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:07 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Centennial Park WWCR's - 2/8
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I just came back from Centennial Park a little while ago and the
> White-winged Crossbills are still there.
>
> I arrived at 9:20am today and found Kevin Heffernan and Karen Darcy (and a
> couple of other birders)looking at a lone male WWCR sitting on top of a
> Douglas Fir tree. This is the very first set of trees on the right side
> just as you enter the main (south entrance) to the park. Then, Bob Ringler
> joined us right about this time. A few minutes later, a flock of about 16
> birds flew into that tree, a mix of males and females. After about 3
> minutes, the birds flew off to the left and across the entrance road and
> landed on a Doug Fir. They were there about 4-5 minutes, then, flew off
> further down near the overflow parking lot on the left where a tiny creek
> flows. Dave and Maureen Harvey showed up then and we all got great looks
> at them as they were closer and the sun was out then too. A few birds
> were on the ground for a couple of minutes as well.
>
> Peter Osenton
> Jessup, Md (AA Co.) |