The report of a couple of White-winged Crossbills near Stratford last week may have seemed an anomaly but we had a single juvenile/female plumaged bird in our yard briefly this morning. The bird was calling constantly as it came into the yard, alighted briefly in our blue spruce for a few seconds but took off before we could even get our binoculars on it. This is the first time we have had a crossbill in our area in mid summer. Our place is located in north central Elgin County about 20 km southeast of London. Dave Martin and Linda Wladarski Harrietsville, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.0/1558 - Release Date: 7/17/2008 9:56 AM
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