[CT Birds] Red Crossbill photos

[Nick Bonomo]

The Red Crossbills at East Shore Park were very cooperative at times
this afternoon. If anyone looks for them tomorrow, bring a scope if
you have one. They were affording great scope views as they calmly fed
on the cone seeds. Very tame. I managed a few digiscoped photos.

http://picasaweb.google.com/nbonomo/RedCrossbillsEastShorePk

I am not qualified to confidently identify these birds to type.
However, efforts will be made to record their flight calls, if they
stick around. The windy conditions made listening difficult at times,
and the birds only called on a few occasions while in short flight.
>From what I heard, I am leaning towards type 2, but I'm not at all
confident. My impressions in the field were of a medium-to-large bill.
Unfortunately I did not get any great profile photos, so bill size is
difficult to judge from the photos.

Nick Bonomo
Orange, CT