white-winged crossbills Benzie Co

[Freeman Family]

Birders . . . White-winged Crossbills continue to be seen daily along 
Herring Rd in Benzie Co. They are feeding on spruce cones in planted 
trees along the road that are not very high that make for good views. 
 From the corner of Herring Rd and M22,  7 s of Frankfort and 5 n or 
Arcadia, there are spruces for about a 1/2 mile on the South side of 
the road. I have seen them most across the road from Benzie 
Automotive. There are also ones in the swamp another 1/4 mile down 
the road but much harder to see.  Hard to tell how many as they keep 
flying up and moving to other trees when a flock flies by or a noisy 
truck/car flushes them, but there are at least 25 and I feel like 
there are small flocks moving around with birds coming and going. 
Carl Freeman