[Tweeters] Cassia and Types 2, 3, 4, 5, + Red Crossbills in Calif and on the move

[Alan Roedell]

Exciting account. Thanks for posting.

On Thu, Nov 23, 2023, 10:46 AM Steve Hampton <stevechampton at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Tweeters,

>

> I'm forwarding this remarkable email from CalBirds, as mountain birds are

> on the move throughout the West. This could happen in WA this winter as

> well.

>

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> From: George Chrisman via groups.io <geodani55=yahoo.com at groups.io>

> Date: Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 7:54 AM

> Subject: [CALBIRDS] Cassia CrossBILL and Type 2,3,4,5,+ Red Crossbills at

> Skylawn Cemetery, San Mateo County, CA

> To: <CALBIRDS at groups.io>

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>

> Greeting Birders,

> On Tuesday November 14, I birded Skylawn Cemetery along Highway 92 between

> San Mateo & Half Moon Bay in San Mateo County hoping to photograph and

> record Crossbills. There have been Cassia Crossbills reported here over the

> past 2 weeks. I parked near the Bodhisattva statue at the top of the

> cemetery. After waiting for about an hour with virtually no activity, I

> started my car to leave and as I was pulling away, I heard a huge flock of

> 35 Crossbills circling above me and eventually landed on the statue and

> fountain. My first instinct was to get some pictures of the birds on the

> statue that was only about 50-75 feet away from where I was parked. After

> taking about a dozen photos, I activated my Merlin sound app on my iPhone

> and made a recording of the chattering birds from the front seat of my car.

> After about one minute, the flock took off and scattered. About one minute

> later, presumably another flock of Crossbills circled from above and landed

> on the fountain. Again I recorded them as they moved in and landed on the

> statue and in the fountain below. Not sure what types of Crossbills they

> were, I sent my eBird checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S154451675

> <https://ebird.org/checklist/S154451675>to Matt Young and Tim Spahr at

> the FinchNewtwork.org  Here is their response:

>

> "Hi George, this is one of the most incredible crossbill checklists I've

> ever seen. You have Type 2, 3, 4, 5, and Cassia.  And you have one bird we

> can't place between Type 7 and Type 12.

>

> The loudest calls in ML611129085 are Type 3.

> In ML611129086 you have:

>

> Type 5 best viewed around 5.2-5.4 seconds

> Cassia at 22.6 seconds

> Type 4 starts up around 24 seconds

> Type 2 around 37 seconds.

> There is a bird calling around 38 seconds (spectra look like an

> upside-down check mark) that Matt and I can't place between Type 12 and

> Type 7.  It has been there for several weeks.

>

> Amazing stuff, congrats!!

> Tim"

>

> I will be revising my eBird Checklists to reflect their analysis. I'm not

> sure how to document or separate my photos with all of the different types,

> but I'll give it my best shot. I can separate the two sound recording and

> reference the time locations from their notes. Very Cool Experience!

>

> George Chrisman

> Burlingame, CA

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