We checked Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus) at about 2:00 PM and found a
flock of White-winged Crossbills in the hemlocks in section J. We
estimated 25 birds, male and female.
Doug and Deena Snapp
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Feeding Shakespeare's birds in Grandview Heights...


On Dec 3, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Aaron Boone wrote:

> Dave Slager and I were interested in checking some of the Columbus
> cemeteries for crossbills.  I met Dave this morning at his home
> along the
> Olentangy River just south of OSU.  He had joked with me yesterday
> about
> starting our search with the single spruce tree in his backyard but
> that
> didn't turn out to be such a bad idea.  I pulled up a few minutes
> late and
> just shy of a female WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL that briefly landed in
> the top
> of the spruce!  Dave said it flew in noisily, landed just long
> enough for
> him to get great looks and then flew south along the river.  Hoping
> that to
> be a major omen, we headed north to the Union Cemetery off Olentangy
> River
> Road.  We didn't have any luck at either the west or east unit but
> this
> cemetery is fairly large and should be checked.
>
> Our next stop was Greenlawn Cemetery and after just a few minutes of
> arriving at an area with some hemlocks (Sections G & I), we had a male
> WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL fly in noisily and land briefly.  It wasn't
> perched
> for very long but circled back once and headed into the interior of
> the
> cemetery.  This bird was heard before it was seen and if you're not
> familiar
> with either species' calls, I would highly recommend visiting the
> Cornell
> Lab's Macaulay Library web site (
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/MacaulayLibrary/) to listen to some of
> their
> many recordings.
>
> Good birding!
>
> --
> Aaron Boone
> Columbus, OH
>
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