Sunday, January 24, 2021

White-winged Crossbills on Crazy Horse Trail

 January 24, 2021


We have been using the eBird link Colin sent us to explore where White-winged Crossbills have been seen around Ottawa lately.  There have been frequent sighting earlier in the month, but not so many lately.  We tried a two-day old sighting at Old Quarry Trail the other day without success.  But today, I saw a sighting of five at Crazy Horse Trail this very day!

Coincidently, Kirk called to suggest  trail hike to celebrate Sam's birthday.  He was looking for suggestions around here, so I said let's try Crazy Horse.  So we all met a the trailhead and went for a hike.  Imagine or surprise wen we came upon a flock of crossbills feeding on pine cones. Bingo.










We had a very enjoyable hike with family, including their new dog, Molly, all keeping proper social distancing, of course.








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