Quest to find the INCREDIBLY UNIQUE White-winged Crossbill
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2021
- Join Derek and Ryan as they continue their "Winter Irruption Challenge" looking for irruptive species. In this video they search for the nomadic and captivating "White-winged Crossbill. This video was shot in January of 2021.
Credits
Cover photo by Lesley The Bird Nerd. Flipped and white outline added.
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White-winged Crossbill in cover photo by Scott Heron used under CC license
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Thanks to Terry Sohl for allowing us to use his range maps
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All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann
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Thoroughly enjoyed this and am glad you got to see these unique finches last year! Really good job Derek with spotting that Shrike. This year in my location the cone production is massive. I've been seeing these guys since June. Always great seeing them!
Haha thanks, Lesley! I was pumped about the Shrike. That's awesome you have a good cone crop up there!
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I have them here in the mountains. I usually see them by the road side eating grit. Have always wondered what kind of pine seeds they eat. We have fir and spuce trees. Love how you guys know the songs each bird makes. That has to be super helpful in finding birds. Any suggestions where I can learn more about this?
@@wyomingadventures About Crossbills or learning the calls?
Awesome!! This is a blessing. I'm down with covid, a birder and could feel sorry for my self but this brings up my spirits. I'm from lower NY, almost in the Bronx, and miss the winter birding....Thank you very much
Glad we could make you feel a little better! Sending prayers for a speedy recovery!
Determination is an important part of birding for sure, luck helps. Thanks guyz🌝
True! You're welcome!
The first time I ever seen a crossbill I thought something was wrong with it. Then my friend who is a bird watcher told what they are. My younger days. Great video! I would love to see a shrike.
Yeah, it definitely looks odd! Hope you get to see a Shrike soon!
I have never seen these birds. Thanks guys!
You're welcome!
Unique bird appreciate you sharing with us today 🙏
You're welcome!
Yo derek and Ryan you guys are great! Good video and stuff! hello from Quebec, Mékinac, Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks so much! Greetings from WI/LA!
Great video Ryan and Derek. I have not seen these birds in a long time.
Thanks, Martin!
Pretty interesting and adventurous!
Thanks!
Nice job! White-winged Crossbills are very cool birds. I've only seen them in Alaska.
Thanks! They are awesome.
We don't have White Wing Crossbills, but everytime I see photos of one, WoW ! We do have quite a few Red Crossbills, and I feel like I'll get one soon 👍 Cool video 🙂 TY.
I visited Emma Carlin trail the next day! Cool to see another UA-camr posting on this place. Cool place and birds. The first time I went, I saw a flock of about 40 come to the conifers at the roadside, totally awesome experience. Enjoyed watching👍
Awesome!
We had the pleasure of seeing White-winged Crossbills in Alaska a couple of years ago. These guys show up here in Oregon now and then, too. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
This bird came up while I was recording from my porch one morning..( the sound ID on the Cornell app).. never seen it tho.. nice video as usual..❤️☮️
So nice to see you here :)
That's so cool!
We just had a Couch’s Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher hybrid here in New Hampshire.
I saw that! That thing is wild.
Very cool! I haven’t seen that species yet. I love learning what trees different birds associate with.
Yeah, its super interesting!
That's a funny one (for a Canadian like me). Both NA crossbill species are fairly common but their presence, as I think you mentioned, is irregular and follows fir and spruce seed abundance. And as you mentioned, they can go southward in large numbers when food is scarce in the boreal forest.
Yet, there are special places where they are known as regular nesters and that make it easier for birders to find reliably. Off the coast of Maine, in the general area of Bar Harbor, there are dozens of islands accessible by ferry and that are undisturbed enough by tourism that one can visit with a very high probability of finding. Swan Island is one such place where I found red crossbills nesting (as long as their nests!! which was a nice addition).
Locations where one can find white-winged crossbills are the Sept-Iles and especially the Baie-Comeau/Rivière aux Outardes regions. Provincial parks in the latter area are well-known places to find crossbills (white-winged >> red).
I have witnessed a bona fide 'crossbill invasion' around 1968 or '69 in Quebec City - and I mean the city! They were flocking along with hundreds of siskins in late summer! Earlier be on that year, we had also witnessed a huge Canada Jay (aka Grey Jay) invasion right in the middle of the city, in parks and wooded spots right in the midst of populated areas Obviously, we were in the very bottom of a conifer seed production cycle. That had come following a few particularly cold years in the whole country, followed by a rebound when food had been so abundant that crossbill, grosbeak, siskin and redpoll populations had massively increased, causing a food shortage in the summer. Therefore, boreal forest species flocked southward in quest of food, well outside their nesting range. Such "invasions" had been reported in the past and were a regular occurrence. However, as we all know, bird populations throughout the world, incl. North America, have experienced drastic decrease in their numbers, as much as 90% on average of what they were previously across the board. Thus, that cyclical "invasion" phenomenon has become something of the past for obvious reasons. That is a sad reminder for birders of my generation. I admire, salute and support wholeheartedly the dedication of amateur ornithologists like you who make bird observation close to the comfort of our homes a reality. But there's hardly an occasion where I am not reminded of how abundant many bird species you refer to as of "high interest" or "special occurrence" used to be. Observing birds today has become a mixed blessing for me. I love birds and hiking to look for new species or simply for reconnecting with nature, but I can't get used to the disturbing silence I notice, compared to the early morning concert we witnessed every early sunny spring morning in May during migration. It was a marvelous cacophony compared to the relatively quiet display we have nowadays.
Trouble is, it's hard for us old geezers to make young energetic birders like you realize what a tragedy we are facing. It's getting used to the new normal, unaware of the huge downfall the world is experiencing, that represents one of the worst threats to biodiversity.
Sorry for being moody but your video brought back memories of the 1969 crossbills/siskin invasion, a phenomenon that had to be witnessed to be believed.
Here in Eastern Nebraska WWCRs seem relegated to White/Black Hills Spruce. During irruption years they are frequently found in these trees at cemeteries near Norfolk. In 2012 a flock was at a cemetery about a mile from my residence in Midtown Omaha. By November 30th I spotted a small flock in a spruce as I was pulling in to my property.
Sweet birds 😎🙂
Agreed!
Lovin' your vids!! Keep up the good work!!!
Thank you! We will!
Really neat bird! We don't have them here in California ☹
Concur from So Cal👍🏻
@@birdman5223 Looks like you should get Red Crossbill in Cali at different times of the year :)
What beautiful birds. You did well to follow your ears because their camouflage colours exactly match the colour of those pine cones. If they didn't move I reckon it would be very hard to spot them. New here! Subscribed! Thanks from 🇬🇧
Thanks for subscribing! And yeah, following the noise is definitely the way to go with most winter finches!
Nice vid!!😃
Thanks!
Now i'm worried about you 2 given what happened in WI today .... you all ok?
We are both okay. I just heard about the event about an hour ago and it’s just sickening. Praying for everybody involved. Thank you for checking in.