I came across a flock of about 20 crossbills twice on my walk through Bay Village this afternoon. The first time I saw them along the creek between Lake Erie Nature Center and Huntington Beach. They were just East of the bridge on Porter Creek Drive on the high side (North) of the creek in a small stand of pines. They stopped only for a couple minutes and moved on. Then about 10 minutes later a flock (presumably the same flock) descended on the large pine tree just in front of the Coffee Station, just accross Lake Road from Huntington Beach. The flock appeared to be about 50% red and 50% white-winged (I clearly saw at least 4 of each species). I saw them around 2:30 PM. Dean E. Good www.gcno.org [log in to unmask] Jeremiah 9:24 - But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight saith the Lord. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]