After chasing all over to see crossbills, I saw snow being knocked out of 
hemlocks as I filled feeders after school.I figured it was a raiding 
squirrel, but instead it was a male and female WW crossbill! Right in 
Chardon a block from the high school! They dug into those cones for over 
half an hour. So if you have conifers, keep your eyes open; and if you 
don't, you should consider planting some! I have blue and Norway spruce, 
Douglasfir, hemlock, scotch and white pine, Fraser and white fir, juniper 
and arborvitae, all on 1/2 acre lot. Between the conifers and my feeders, 
the birding is usually better in my yard than most parks. Plus the privacy 
is darn good for a corner lot on Maple!  I started most of my trees from 
inexpensive packets sold by the Soil and Water Conservation office. If you 
plant them, they will come...

Marilyn Rohr
Chardon, Ohio

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