Cynthia-
I have been seeing a few flocks of ww crossbills just showing up on our
high elevation study plots on Stratton Mountain in the last 2 weeks.
Pine siskins are also arriving. There is a moderate cone crop of fir and
some spruce that will be mature soon so they have something to eat.
Siskins have been feeding on weed seeds on the ski slopes.
I would suggest putting your bird sightings into Vermont eBird to help
track these interesting irruptions of crossbills.
http://ebird.org/content/vt/
Kent
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Kent McFarland
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420 • Norwich, VT 05055
802.649.1431
http://www.vtecostudies.org/
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