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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