I was walking along Big Creek at Lake Metroparks Girdled Road Reservation in Concord Township this morning.  I noticed a small bird picking at something in the mud along the creek and it was a male red crossbill.  It flew up into a small tree where it joined two other crossbills.  the other two looked like females.  The birds flew off to the south calling quite a bit.  there are a lot of hemlocks and white pine in that area but none have many cones.  Kind of a surprise for August.  The birds were found at the very north end of the park.


John Pogacnik

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