I'm shocked that we didn't run into Rick Counts at Fairview Cemetery in Galion this morning...
Dave Slager, Les Murray, and I stopped at the Galion Cemetery briefly this morning after doing some owling but we came up empty handed on the crossbill front (we did managed 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, however).
Heading back south, we made another quick stop at the River Cliff Cemetery in Mount Gilead where we lucked into 11 White-winged Crossbills at around 9:00AM. These birds (1 male and 10 female) landed at the top of a spruce for about 30 seconds and then flew to the west, not to be seen again. So far, my experience with crossbills in Ohio has been of birds that put in a brief appearance and then move on. It makes me wonder how many times I've missed crossbills in the spruces on my own street.
Aaron Boone
Columbus, Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Counts <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 2, 2009 1:03 pm
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Crawford Co. White Winged Crossbills
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> This morning I sucessfully added Crawford Co. to the WWXBill
> state sighting list as 8 inds. were seen at the Fairview
> cemetery in Galion, Ohio. They were feeding solely on the cones
> of the white pines that are in the cemetery. There were 5 males
> and 3 females.
>
> This cemetery has some excelent conifer plantings and had a few
> other notable birds also.
>
> Wild Turkey 16
> Cooper's Hawk 1
> Sharp Shinned Hawk 1
> Red Breasted Nuthatch 1
> Pine Siskin 1
>
> I'll try to add crossbills in Marion, Morrow, and Hardin Co.
> later this week.
>
> Rick Counts
> Wyandot Co.
>
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