ML30950271

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

**rare; minimum count of three males and one female, though Tim Lenz probably saw 7 birds total. eBird had no prior records for August in the Basin, but one had been seen here a week prior by Steve Fass (and entered in eBird). A major movement appears to be afoot in Maine, New Hampshire, and elsewhere in the Northeast, with a recent report from Quabbin Reservoir in western Mass. Photos (poor, but identifiable) by Iliff and Lenz. This was our first stop and it turned to be a good choice. We trolled tape for White-winged Crossbill, which may have been what attracted the group we saw, although we initially saw just two, then 3, and then four. They mostly ignored the tape but did obviously respond by flying down towards us at one point, although light was poor for photos. --MJI Marshall Iliff and I saw at least four, and maybe up to seven WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS this morning near the clearing on Salt Rd. in Summerhill. Most of the birds we saw were males but there were also at least two females. They flew over calling and fed near the tops of the spruce trees. --TCL

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 40D

ISO

800

Focal length

190 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.0

Shutter speed

1/200 sec

Dimensions

2368 pixels x 1579 pixels

Original file size

2.4 MB