[wisb] Re: Red Crossbills again
- From: andy gruse <andygruse@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jbahls@xxxxxxxxxxxx, wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:59:55 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
I'm sorry to ask this but where exactly is this Preserve. I'm not that
familiar with Ozaukee county but will be down there tomorrow for work and
provided I have time would like to check for Red Crossbills. Would be a lifer.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Andy Gruse
Neenah
Winnebago County
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On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 5:00 PM CDT Jeffrey Bahls wrote:
>My apologies to the list for garbled text. Something on my new phone
>needs figuring out. Anyway what I was trying to say was there are
>still Red Crossbills present at Forest Beach Preserve in Ozaukee
>County. We followed directions crossing the road and followed the
>trail to mature conifers. We saw several crossbills, Red- beasted
>Nuthatch and goldfinches. Suddenly a flock of birds landed in the
>weeping willow tree ALL were crossbills I counted over 30 in addition
>to the 15 or so in the conifers. Suzanne said there were more birds on
>her side of the tree. I took some video of the birds feeding. Then
>they took off to the west, I counted over 100! and when I scoped their
>landing spot there were already many bird there so my guess would be
>125-150 in the area.
>We wondered the area near the hawk platform saw kestrels, meadowlarks,
>kingbirds and a flock of 14 young turkeys
>Nice area! It was nice to see Red Crossbills without freezing to
>death, I normally associate crossbills with the dead of winter .
>If any one has a Motorola Electrify phone that could help me with the
>font issues that would be great.
>
>Jeff Bahls
>Lowell Wi
>Dodge co
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