Of Crossbills and Waterthrushes

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April 15 Email:
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Even though we had seen them in January in the "Soo" area, we couldn't resist checking out your birds (referring to White-winged Crossbills posted below).  It was a much better view than we got up north.  We were there from 4:45-5:00 PM (4/15). Glenda counted 30 birds.

I would highly recommend Patterson Park north of Coopersville (south of Ravenna) for the Louisiana Waterthrushes.  They hang out around the western most of the two bridges.  We saw one and heard between two and four Saturday morning.  Brian Johnson made the original sighting there on 4/9/2012.  Took us three tries to get them, but was worth it.

Thanks,

Ken Sapkowski

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