The Red Crossbills at the Rissing residence in Dublin cooperated by putting
in time at the feeders this morning, but not so much this afternoon. That
seems to be the pattern over the past few days.

If anyone wants to look for them this week, Steve Rissing says they are
happy to have more you well behaved birders come by between 9am-noon from
now through next weekend. If the birds leave, he or I will post something
to the listserv.  Same instructions for visiting apply (see below for
details and directions).

After the coming weekend, anyone interested in looking for the crossbills
should contact Steve via email at steverissing(at)hotmail.com.

Good birding,
Paul Hurtado

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Paul Hurtado <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Steve Rissing has a pair of RED CROSSBILLS coming to his backyard feeders
> in Dublin, OH. Today I managed to record a few flight calls, which suggest
> they are type 3 Red Crossbills -- the most common type being reported in
> the eastern U.S. this winter.  Type 3s typically spend the breeding season
> in the Pacific Northwest (from Oregon up into Alaska) and are considered
> Western Hemlock specialists (though they can clearly get by with a range of
> other conifers!).
>
> Photos of the female and some audio of their relatively high pitched,
> snappy calls can be found at
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13243757
>
> Steve is fine to have people come by on Sunday, so long as they respect a
> few ground rules. I'll post a follow-up if there will be any viewing
> opportunities during the week.
>
> Steve asks that visitors park on the street and walk up the driveway to
> the back corner of the house. There's no need to alert the Rissings to your
> presence. He'll likely have some chairs at the top of the driveway with a
> clip-board and pencil so that he (and others) can leave any relevant
> information, like when they were last seen.  If you round the corner much
> at all, you will spook the birds at the feeders, so please use the corner
> of the house as a blind and do not enter the back yard. This will ensure
> minimal disturbance for the birds, and for their mammalian hosts. ;-)
>
> The crossbills have been using almost exclusively the red-topped, plastic
> tube feeder on the pole with a light blue 8" PVC pipe raccoon deterrent.
>
> Steve will try to have the feeders full by 9:00am, so it's probably not
> worth getting there much earlier than that.  Morning seems better than
> afternoon.
>
> *Directions*: Take Dublin Rd. north past 270 and turn left on Windwood
> Drive, then right on Rushwood Dr.  His address is 5735 Rushwood Dr.
>
> Good birding,
> Paul Hurtado
> Columbus, OH
> <http://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10>



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