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