At
http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=1359153&MLID=CT01&MLNM=Connecticut%20Birds
  is some information about what the
eastern gurus tell us is an invasion of red crossbills of great
magnitude. I sure haven't heard much about Ohio crossbills recently, but
things are only beginning. I can recall an invasion a few years back
when on a warmish day my wife and I sat on chairs on the back deck,
which is partly shaded by a big hemlock, and fed these little beggars
from the hand. They were obviously from a place where we
seemed no dangerous than reindeer. The gurus predict as many or more
this winter, so peel an eye.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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