Date: 10/4/25 10:09 am From: Steven W. Cardiff via groups.io <scardif...> Subject: Re: [labird] Listing Groups
There's more than one record for Red Crossbill. Only one "recent," but
there are some older records including specimens:
*RED CROSSBILL (Loxia curvirostra)*
*CASUAL WINTER VISITOR*.
*Four records*:
--27 Jan-at least 2 Feb 1973, several flocks totaling about 80 individuals
(including 3 specimens taken 2 Feb) a few miles N of Cross Lake,
Shreveport, *Caddo* (JRS-LSUMZ 73352, 73353, 73354, RJN)
--20 Mar 1973, 3 at 4 mi. N of Monroe, *Ouachita* (DTK)
--22 Mar 1973, 2 (including specimen) at 4 mi. NE of Swartz, *Ouachita*
(DTK-LSUMZ 73702)
--27 Mar 1888, 2 specimens from near Mandeville ()
Steve Cardiff
On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM John Dillon via groups.io <kisforkryptonite=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> I’d also through in Long-eared Owl. According to LBRC website, there are
> only 11 accepted reports, 10 of which were from 1981-2011 and none since.
>
> And, Paul, I think you left out finches as a group. I don’t know if
> anyone would have all the ones that have been reported in LA. Evening
> Grosbeak (which I do have from the 1980s), Cassin’s (one record), Red
> Crossbill (1 record), Lesser Goldfinch, plus the common ones.
>
> Do Chimney Swift and Vaux’s Swift make a group??
>
> JD
>
>
