White-winged Crossbills - Washtenaw Co 12-13

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Listers,
 
Lyle Hamilton, Mary Trombley and I saw several White-winged Crossbills at  
the MUCC location they have been frequently recently. We walked in from Pierce  
Road and spent well over an hour walking the trails and had only heard the  
Crossbills. As we were walking back to the cars we had a small group of 6 or so  
White-winged Crossbills fly overhead, land in a pine and quietly feed for a 
few  minutes. We were within sight of the road when we found them. They were 
still  there when we left at noon. Also present in the campground was a flock of 
at  least 150 Pine Siskins that held at least one Common Redpoll that we saw 
as well  as piles of Red-breasted Nuthatches and a couple of Fox Sparrows. We 
had stopped  at the Eysters previously and did not see Crossbills there. 
 
Directions from Matt Y -" MUCC is near the Waterloo Rec. Discovery  Center.  
It can be accessed off
Pierce Rd. going north" (from I-94), "on  the left side, just before Bush Rd. 
 Or it can be accessed from a side  trail that goes off right near the end of 
the Bog Trail.  It's a camping  area with cabins used by different summer 
camp groups through-out the summer,  but is really quiet the rest of the year. 
The Pierce Rd. entrance is  usually blocked off, but you can park and walk in 
along a road for about 1/4  mile before getting to the main area.  It's actually 
a pretty neat area in  that it has some decent stands of large pine trees 
with lots of cones."
 
Happy Christmas Bird Count Season,
 
Scott Jennex
Ferndale
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