Red crossbills, bald eagles and other unexpected birds have been spotted in Chicago this winter

CHICAGO -- After walking the grounds of the Morton Arboretum for hours on a December morning, John Leonard and fellow birders were preparing to go to lunch when they encountered a rare sight: a flock of 17 red crossbills flying overhead and landing on some pine trees. “We said, ‘What the heck! You got to be kidding!'” he recalled. The retired neuroscience professor has been an active birder ...

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