[obol] 10 Red Crossbills at the bird bath

[otis swisher]

What was the ratio of dextral to sinistral in your Red Crossbills at the 
bird bath?  That close to them, that should have been an easy comparison.
Otis Swisher.  Medford, Oregon


From: Dan van den Broek <danpvdb at yahoo.com>
To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
Subject: [obol] 10 Red Crossbills at the bird bath
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:35:56 -0700 (PDT)

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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