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Yard bird #34. Audio recordings taken. The longer audio recording is an unedited crop of the recording taken. (Audio levels have been normalized to -3 dB). The other two recordings are a very short crop of the most audible portion of the longer recording. One recording is unedited. The other has moderate noise reduction to reduce the noise from the wind. This bird flew in from the north or east. Never seen, but may have been circling around a bit as it was audible for longer than expected on a straight line flyover. As far as I could tell, it was only a single bird (or only one bird was vocal). I sent the recordings to a number of people, including a Minnesota birder I met a few years ago (see checklist comments for more details.) He sent them to a contact at Cornell, possibly Matt Young with the Finch Network, who confirms it as Type 2, Ponderosa Pine Red Crossbill. This makes sense, as that's probably the closest population of Red Crossbills to us in New Mexico and Colorado. There's not a particularly close stand off pine trees that I know of, but I'm sure there's food sources within a short distance as the crossbill flies. Then again, it could have been just a random flyover. Pretty surprising and exciting yard bird. Update, March 2023: I now realize that there is a large number of concentrated pine trees to the east, on private property. It's certainly possible that the bird was feeding in these trees and was detected coming or going from this food source.
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