<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">Tweeters, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">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. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">George Chrisman via <a href="http://groups.io">groups.io</a></strong> <span dir="auto"><geodani55=<a href="mailto:yahoo.com@groups.io">yahoo.com@groups.io</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 7:54 AM<br>Subject: [CALBIRDS] Cassia CrossBILL and Type 2,3,4,5,+ Red Crossbills at Skylawn Cemetery, San Mateo County, CA<br>To: <<a href="mailto:CALBIRDS@groups.io">CALBIRDS@groups.io</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">Greeting Birders,<br>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 <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S154451675" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://ebird.org/checklist/S154451675 </a>to Matt Young and Tim Spahr at the FinchNewtwork.org Here is their response:<br><br></div>
<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">"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. </div>
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<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">The loudest calls in ML611129085 are Type 3.</div>
<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">In ML611129086 you have:</div>
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<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">Type 5 best viewed around 5.2-5.4 seconds</div>
<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">Cassia at 22.6 seconds</div>
<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">Type 4 starts up around 24 seconds</div>
<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">Type 2 around 37 seconds. </div>
<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">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.</div>
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<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">Amazing stuff, congrats!!</div>
<div style="color:#1d2228;font-size:13px">Tim"</div>
<br>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!<br><br>George Chrisman<br>Burlingame, CA
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