[wisb] Re: ALERT: RED CROSSBILLS FOREST BEACH MIGRATORY PRESERVE
- From: mike wanger <misterwanger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: stevenlubahn@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:06:57 -0500
Hi Bird Nerds:
Here is my ebird post to help you possibly locate the RED CROSSBILLS:
From the main building, take the trail across the street heading northwest.
After 150 yards or so, it tops out in a grouping of 40' pinecone-laden
conifers. A flock was observed there for close to 20 minutes by two of us;
the closest bird at 20 feet. They perched and hung, many near branch-ends,
availing good views of their crossed bills as they attacked the cones.
Flock was a mixture of dull red birds and dull yellow (almost greenish)
birds, presumed adults. Dark wings, no wingbars, notched tails. Flight
calls matched Sibley's red crossbill "calls #1_NY" on my iphone.
I believe Joan and Marilyn saw them in a different spot, so they're likely
on the move. However, the above location has trees with a heavy crop of
cones and so might be a good starting spot.
What a thrill!
Bird on,
Mike Wanger
Milwaukee
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 3:26 PM, steven lubahn <stevenlubahn@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I had a Red Crossbill fly over my house around 9:30am this morning. I
> thought I was hearing things.
>
> Steven Lubahn
> Cudahy
> Milw. Co
>
>
> On Aug 11, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Joan Sommer wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Yes, I am not punking you!
> >
> > Marilyn Bontly and I were at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve today
> between 10:30 and 11am. On Lake Church Rd, far west side of the preserve.
> >
> > I saw a bunch of red birds flitting around in a pine and hollered,
> Purple Finches. Then we both said, those don't sound right. We looked again
> and they were really really red. Way redder than a purple finch would ever
> be.They were moving around so much that it was difficult to get a look at
> the bills. There were really red birds and yellowish birds. Not sure but I
> also thought there were immatures too.
> >
> > I got a very good look at a female that sat still for a moment and it
> was yellowish in front and had a brownish back.
> >
> > The birds flew off in a flock and circled around and came back and sat
> for a minute or two on the back of a deciduous tree where we couldn't see
> them but could hear them. From there, they took off and flew east.
> >
> > I listened to the song when I got home and was convinced that was what
> we saw. Unbelievable as it might be!
> >
> > We didn't have time to chase after them to relocate BUT Marilyn got a
> call from Mike Wanger who was/is birding at FBMP this afternoon and he
> independently found the same flock (I assume the same flock) due east of
> where we had seen them. I don't know how many he had but he found them
> working the top of a pine that was loaded with cones. North of the
> clubhouse and the parking lot.
> >
> > So, 12-15, possibly 20 RED CROSSBILLS at FBMP today?.August 11th! WOW!
> >
> > Joan Sommer
> > N. Ozaukee County
> >
> >
> >
> >
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