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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Capercaillie71" data-source="post: 1133677" data-attributes="member: 32437">Work took me to Grantown on Spey this morning and as I didn't have to rush back for anything, after lunch I decided to have a wander around Anagach Woods, to the north-east of the village to see if I could record any crossbills.  I parked at the Poorhouse Wood carpark, just beyond the golf course on the B9102, and wandered down the track.  I had walked for about an hour through the woods without seeing much more than a group of bullfinches when I stopped to look at an interpretation panel explaining how the forest is managed for capercaillies.  It was at this point that I noticed (as I often do in pinewoods) a tree stump that looked a bit like a capercaillie about 80 -100 metres away.  Amazingly, on closer inspection, it turned out that it actually was a capercaillie!  It stayed there, hardly moving, as I walked up and down the track to see if I could get a clearer view.  Apart from during lek surveys, every capercaillie I've ever seen before has been flying away through the trees, so I was really surprised at how tolerant this bird was of my presence.While I was watching the capercaillie a couple of crossbills flew overhead.  Unfortunately the sonograms I got are not a clear match for any of the published call types, but I don't think they were common crossbills.</blockquote>