Featured eBird checklist

Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

Boat Launch, Connecticut

Species photo · Different report

© Lory Cantin · Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library

Reference photograph from a different report. It does not document this sighting.

Notes from this checklist

“Several Red Crossbills up in the tree by the boat ramp parking lot. Some appeared to be either juvenile or female.”

Historical context

0% of complete eBird checklists reported Red Crossbill in Hartford County, Connecticut during October 15-21, 2016–2025.

Based on 2,037 complete checklists. County reporting frequency, not a rarity rating.

Reports documented in 0 of 10 years during October 15-21; 3 years have unknown results.

October (whole month): reports in 2 of 10 years. 3 years have unknown results.

Year-by-year evidence

Each year uses the same county and seasonal period. An exported zero does not prove absence. Unknown means the species row, frequency or checklist sample is unavailable. These records do not estimate your chance of finding the bird or establish rarity.

Annual eBird exports for October 15-21
Year / sourceResultComplete checklists
2016Unknown139
2017Exported zero140
2018Unknown101
2019Unknown111
2020Exported zero194
2021Exported zero192
2022Exported zero248
2023Exported zero230
2024Exported zero315
2025Exported zero367
Source and limits

This county-wide sample pools the selected years. It does not establish how regularly the species returned each year, how likely you are to find it at this spot, or whether this flock size is unusual. Percentages can be unstable when few checklists are available. Habitat, observer effort and repeated visits affect reporting. A zero does not establish absence.

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Red Crossbill across Northeast · When featured

18 report groups

On 21 eBird checklists · 7-day window ending October 19, 2026

Counts reflect the available eBird notable feed, which may omit other reports.

View all 21 reporting checklists

Checklists with the same location and start time are grouped together. They may be copies from a shared outing, but this feed does not confirm that. These groups are not a count of independent sightings or distinct birds. The featured checklist is included in this total.

Checklist details
Survey type
Stationary
Time in the field
18 minutes
Birders on the outing
1 person
Species logged on this checklist
10 different species