Crossbills Have You Cross-eyed?

This is the most intimidating episode I’ve attempted to make to date. So please remember I’m not an expert birder i put these episodes together to help me learn  I which means I’m still learning. Today we are going to tackle one of the harder bird sound identification challenges there is. Today we’re talking about crossbills. White Winged Crossbill (5:35) Red Crossbills (8:28) Flight Calls starting at (11:20) Cassia Crossbill (14:00).  A lot of the information I share come from the following articles.  https://earbirding.com/blog/archives/31 https://earbirding.com/blog/archives/193 Ebird Article   Sound Credits:  From Xeno-canto.org Andrew Spencer and James Bradley From Macalay Library: 277597731 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Andrew Spencer 184515141 Audio Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris Charlie Wright 162143401 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Dave Slager 108050621 Audio Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris Tom Johnson 77548081 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Chris Benesh 71525571 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Matthew Young 67240981 Audio Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris Stephen Fettig 65099811 Audio White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Andrew Spencer 65099031 Audio White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Andrew Spencer 64431691 Audio Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris Andrew Spencer 64374301 Audio Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris Andrew Spencer 42530661 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Timothy Spahr 138318 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra James Goetz 112167 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Charles Duncan 111103 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Thomas G. Sander 63083 Audio White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Dave Herr 103203 Audio White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Matthew D. Medler 112177 Audio White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Charles Duncan 137497 Audio Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Gregory Budney