Well that didn’t take long. 6 or 8 of them in the evergreens on my road frontage.
I’ve had numerous good yard birds in various houses… Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Upland Plovers, Barn Owls. This is a yard bird first, and I think it’s a good one.
Greg Pasquariello
Vancouver WA.
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Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Migration
Also Red Crossbills in my yard. Merlin has been reporting them for a week now, but today was the first day I’ve heard them. Now I need to see them, but our evergreens are loaded with cones, so I’m sure they’ll make themselves known!
Greg Pasquariello
Vancouver, WA
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Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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We had a small flock of Red Crossbills in our yard this week. I heard them on Merlin a few days ago and thought it must be a mistake. Then I saw one preening high up in the fir trees after hearing them again yesterday. Even better, about 3 of them landed in our fountain about 3 feet from where I was sitting. Looked like one male with more red and two females or fledglings. So exciting to see them close up.
I'm in Stanwood, by the way.
Ann
Ann Pultz Kramer
Stanwood, WA
"If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes".
Charles Lindbergh"
On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 8:36 AM AMK17 via Tweeters <tweeters...><mailto:<tweeters...>> wrote:
Typically only see yellow warblers and rufous hummingbirds in the yard during migration. The hummingbirds arrived a couple of days ago and this morning yellow warblers were in the yard.
