[obol] Re: Crossbill feeding substrates/tree species
- From: "Robert O'Brien" <baro@xxxxxxx>
- To: "matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx" <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:20:11 -0800
Verrry Interesting. The recordings would be also Do you have the eBird URL
. Bob O'Brien
On Thursday, January 18, 2018, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Folks,
I was going to mention this a few weeks ago, but it left my mind....
In late December I was near Winchester Bay, watching and photographing
crossbills in a large, cone-laden spruce. They had been in this spruce for
at least 15 minutes, seed wings continuously floating down toward me in the
gentle wind.... Then,
Do you have the eBird URL this small group of about 15 birds lifted up,
flew down to a nearby row of shorter lodgepole (shore) pine very close to
me, and began feeding there on the lodgepole cones. Again, seed wings from
the lodgepole cones were floating down through the air to me. They fed on
the lodgepole for at least another 15 minutes while I was there. This group
had first fed on the spruce, then on the lodgepole, doing a good job on
both.
I did get some photos of the birds and attempted recording calls. My
photos are in eBird, but I haven't checked if my recordings are useful or
not, for discerning types.
Matt
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