After scouting some survey locations for territorial Great Horned Owls
in Champaign County, I stopped at the Oak Dale Cemetery at the
southern edge of Urbana.  There was a small group of hemlocks towards
the center of the cemetery so I stopped and listened for a few
minutes.  It was very quiet except for some quiet "crackling" sounds.
Intrigued, I walked around one of the trees and 23 WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS exploded from the backside of the tree.  The group flew to
the other side of the cemetery but then came back after a short while.
 From what I could tell, there were 21 males and 2 females.

--
Aaron Boone
Columbus, Ohio

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