Red Crossbills show up in mid-September

September 20, 2026

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s were recorded on September 19, with a high count of 8 birds at a private location in the area.¹ This is an unusual mid-September sighting for the region; these finches use crossed bill tips to extract seeds from conifer cones and erupt southward in fall when northern seed crops fail.¹

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