Date: 10/3/26 9:24 pm From: Sarah via groups.io <redwoodsinger...> Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] red crossbills in Fort Bragg
Yes! we have had them intermittently year round at our feeders a couple miles east on 20! We’ve lived here 6 years. I’ve heard them more than seen them the past few weeks. They prefer the tubular feeder with holes on the sides which I imagine is similar to reaching the bill into a conifer cone. They are not skiddish at all and very curious. We have several elevated water baths that they also frequent. In the past ( years ago) we recorded and used Spectograms to id their flight calls as Type 2 but haven’t recorded them recently. Such amazing birds. Sarah
On Saturday, October 3, 2026, 6:44 PM, Linda Perkins via groups.io <lperkins...> wrote:
My sunflower seed feeder was visited this afternoon about 1:30 by a
flock of red crossbills. There was much coming and going and jostling
but I guessed there were perhaps 8-10 or more of them, males, females,
juveniles - six or seven birds at a time on my tiny feeder that's inside
a protective chicken-wire globe.
I didn't know crossbills visited feeders but just read on Cornell that
they occasionally do. I live out Hwy 20 near Jackson State, so being
near the conifers, including pines and dougfir, made it more likely to
see them at my feeder.
