A male Red Crossbill enjoys a drink from the streams edge.
Crossbills are a fascinating finch of the coniferous woodlands, the Red Crossbill forages on nutritious seeds in hemlock, pine, spruce, Douglas-fir and hemlock. Their specialized bills allow them to break open unopened cones, giving them an advantage over other finch species. Red Crossbill's are so dependent upon conifer seeds that it even feeds them to its young. It breeds anytime it finds a sufficiently large cone crop, even in the depths of winter.
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