[obol] 10 Red Crossbills at the bird bath

[Dan van den Broek]

Hello

There has been a flock of Red Crossbills flying around in the fir trees for the past 3 or 4 weeks around my house in Gladstone.  I see or here Red Crossbills here off and on throughout the year. 

Today when I arrived home...as I was leaving the car, there was a flock at the top of a nearby fir tree.  I watched them fly from the fir, into an oak, then down to one of the bird baths in the garden.

It was pretty cool to have them in the garden.

I frequently see or here Red Crossbills at Mt. Tabor this time of year...so I guess they are migrating through, like the evening grosbeaks.  

Other good birds around here include a (April 23) Hermit Thrush and Fox Sparrow and a possible Pacific-slope on April 24.

Dan van den Broek

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