ML619174737
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Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Unknown sex - X
- Behaviors
- Flying
- Sounds
- Flight call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
7 segments as follows: flock of 12 flying south; a few type 4 calls; flyover of another 8; flyover of type 12's , 11 seen; flock of 14 type 2 flying to the NE; around 10 type 4 flying NW; flock of 8 type 2's.
Observation details
An amazingly good movement and awesome showing of Red Crossbills this morning. Many flying in several directions, but mostly to the W, NW and N. Flocks seen numbering 12, 6, 8, 11, 14, 10, 5, 6, 8, 4, 8, 20. It adds up to 112 birds but I downgraded the estimate to allow for what I believe were a few repeat flyovers. Remarkably, of all the birds seen this morning, only 2 were found feeding in the yard, a female type 4 was feeding a juvenile in red pines. She was located when she called out when a small group of type 4's were flying over (plick-plick calls). Most of the flights were fairly high and distant so not all flocks could be recorded. The ones I did get were audio-bombed by Ovenbirds and Nashville Warblers and traffic noise was terrible. But it should give an idea of the activity that was going on. Today was the largest numbers of types 2, 4 and 12 heard all year, guessing over 50 type 2 and over 20 of type 4, maybe 15 type 12. The best Red Crossbill show I've ever seen in my life.
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- Original file size
- 11.13 MB