Crossbills, at last!
Submitted by The Birdcouple Blog
White-Winged Crossbills have been everywhere this winter, hanging out in every hemlock tree for miles around. Everywhere except in Birdcouple’s bins, that is. They’ve been kind of hiding from us, to tell you the truth:
Until today, that is. We headed down towards Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, where WWCBs have been seen almost daily, with Dan Haas, young Declan Haas and — special treat! — Adam Strobel. On cue, a smal flock of gal crossbills arrived.
Lisa, Adam and young Declan were patient as Dan and I waited for the birds AND the light to be right so we could make some White-Winged Crossbill portraits. Enjoy:
After enjoying the crossbills and five Pine Siskins that cooperatively flew in and made it a two-new-birds-in-Anne-Arundel-County type day, we headed south to a secret location where Mrs. Barn Owl is known to live.
This is the third time Birdcouple has been there looking for it. Warren positioned himself exactly on the wrong side of the barn to make sure he would be denied once again, but Adam, Dan and Lisa all got good, brief looks as it flew out of the barn and into the nearby woods. ARGH#&#*?!
Sigh. There are always more birds. And tomorrow, there will be. Lots of ‘em.
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