[wisb] Re: Red Crossbills still present at Forest Beach this morning.
- From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:42:43 -0500
I wonder if these guys have some unusual nutritional requirements or salt
needs or something. In Oregon I have seen Red Crossbills visiting fire pits
and eating ashes. White-wings will regularly gather on gravel roads and
grit, too, of course.
Jesse Ellis
Madison, WI
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:40 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Are the birds in the mud looking for grit? BNA Online says: "Takes grit
> regularly from road cuts, stream banks, and bases of uprooted trees".
>
> Bernie Sloan
> From: David Freriks <dhfreriks@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Wisconsin birding network (E-mail) <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 2:41 PM
> Subject: [wisb] Red Crossbills still present at Forest Beach this morning.
>
> Hi all,
> Andi and I spent a couple of hours at Forest Beach Preserve this
> morning. We had a large flock of Red Crossbills fly into the dead tree just
> SE of the parking lot as soon as we got out of the car. There are
> definitely 100+ birds on the property and they are moving around a lot.
> Most of the birds seemed to be east and south of the parking lot while we
> also found smaller flocks taking the trail NW of the parking lot. We
> noticed them several times fly down into the small ponds in the area....
> they didn't seem to be drinking, but rather were picking through the mud
> for something. The lighting was pretty atrocious this morning, but some
> photos are at the top of the page
> http://www.pbase.com/dhfreriks/new_photos
>
> Dave Freriks
> Saukville / Southern Ohio.
>
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Jesse Ellis
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dept. of Zoology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Dane Co, WI
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