Has anyone sighted the Clark's Nutcracker this afternoon - Nov 1?
J. Baumann
St. Paul
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From: "linda whyte" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 5:07 PM
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Subject: [mou-net] Clark's Nutcracker/Red Crossbills
> Thank you to all who posted these sightings. At 2:30 the Clark's
> Nutcracker
> was still actively foraging on the N. side of CR 1 just at, and just
> west,
> of its intersection with St. Alban's St. At first it had been hunting
> insects in the grass right at the intersection to the east, across from
> the
> bus-stop on the corner. It then flew into the row of trees on the NW
> border
> of that intersection, reappearing in one of the conifers there.
>
> In a few minutes, it took position on a short post in the open grassy
> area,
> peering down and then diving for food. After a while it flew directly
> across that intersection, heading west right over our heads in the
> direction of St. Alban's. It landed on the telephone pole and resumed its
> peering and diving.
>
> At one point it had came within a few yards of us, seemingly unconcerned
> about our presence. It worked its way west along either side of the bike
> path there, once or twice taking up a perch on post or tree, but always
> returning to the ground to snatch up food with a dive and a hop. When we
> departed, the bird had been feeding within a few feet of someone getting
> photos, hunting directly in his shadow.
>
> During the half hour or so that we were there, a flock of @ 30 Red
> Crossbills flew over the same intersection, heading NE, possibly the same
> flock Bob Dunlap saw heading south earlier. That was the cherry on the
> sundae--- lifers, on top of a second and far superior look at a bird I'd
> seen only from a distance in Glacier Park. This was a much more impressive
> bird in size (and beak!) than I'd imagined.
>
> Linda Whyte
>
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