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Unedited reports of White-winged Crossbill through February 1998.
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Wild food preferences of White-winged Crossbill
The primary wild food of White-winged Crossbills is conifer cones. The winter finch
survey is showing that this crossbill is most often found in areas of moderate to heavy
cone crops.
The 1997-98 Perspective:
- A major irruption of White-winged Crossbills has occurred in western Pennsylvania at
Cook State Forest. Reports indicate that the crossbills are feeding on an abundant hemlock
cone crop.
- The last major invasion of White-winged Crossbills into the mid-Atlantic States was 25
years ago in 1972.
- The last time White-winged Crossbills were observed in Delaware was 1988.
- More than 200 White-winged Crossbills were seen in one location in Massachusetts, and
New Jersey
- Tennessee had it third state record of White-winged Crossbill in December..
- A single White-winged Crossbill was reported from central Kansas, a region this species
has rarely ever visited.
| Listen to a recording of White-winged Crossbill from the Library of
Natural Sounds. The first two examples are of the song; it is followed by an example of
how they sound as a flock.
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