[mou] Red Crossbills - Hennepin Co

[Howard Towle]

This Saturday afternoon around 4:00 PM I was fortunate enough to see a 
flock of 7 Red Crossbills at Wirth Park. I was standing on the west 
side of the lake where the inlet from the marsh enters the lake when 
the birds flew into a deciduous tree right next to the lake. They 
stayed in the tree for about 5 minutes, so that I had a nice long look, 
before flying west across Wirth Parkway to an area of mature pines and 
spruces.

I have birded Wirth Park for over 20 years and always figured I'd run 
into crossbills there with all the habitat, but I never figured it 
would be on such a nice fall afternoon.

Howard Towle
Golden Valley, MN