I had a flock of 12 male, female and juvenile Red crossbills fly into some pine trees alond the Loop Road about 1/2 mile past the John Oliver parking area. They flew off before I could get any photos. Birds were very active today with 31 species: Bufflehead 7 Wild Turkey 56 Northern Harrier 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 6 Eastern Phoebe 1 American Crow 16 Common Raven 1 Carolina Chickadee 11 Tufted Titmouse 22 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Carolina Wren 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 24 Hermit Thrush 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Field Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 7 White-throated Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 7 Red Crossbill 12 American Goldfinch 1 Warren Bielenberg Maryville