Beautiful sunny day in Victory Bog - on my continued quest to find northern species.  
I wasn't disappointed, the pair of crossbills landed right above our heads and the
male was singing brightly.  It was a great sight of a lifer for me.

> Victory Bog Basin WMA, Victory, Essex, US-VT
> Feb 4, 2012 11:10 AM - 3:30 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 5.25 mile(s)
> 15 species
> 
> Ruffed Grouse  2
> Wild Turkey  36
> Hairy Woodpecker  1
> Blue Jay  2
> Common Raven  2
> Black-capped Chickadee  15
> Red-breasted Nuthatch  4
> Brown Creeper  1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
> Snow Bunting  2
> Purple Finch  6
> White-winged Crossbill  2 -     1 male, singing - 1 female, possibly gathering nesting material (?), observed holding grasses in beak
> Pine Siskin  45
> American Goldfinch  10
> Evening Grosbeak  1