Today there was a little flurry of excitement on a local birding network regarding a reported single Red Crossbill in Los Osos. ( finder unable to relocate) The question was asked : what is the more expected type of Red Crossbill for this area.
Review of a previous record - I had a group of Red Crossbills visit my home for a few days back in February 2013. At the time I was able to get photos and more useful a recording of their calls and sent the recording off to Cornell where a researcher was doing a study of calls and related types of Red Crossbills. The recording of birds from 2013 in Morro Bay were determined from chip sound to belong to the Type 3 - Western Hemlock Crossbills.
