#crossbill

[michaelnordeman]

Red crossbill/mindre korsnäbb. Värmland, Sweden (March 7, 2020).

#red crossbill #crossbill #mindre korsnäbb #birds

[jadafitch]

White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)

#crossbill #illustration #bird #bird art #bird illustration #pen and ink #drawing #design #maine #artist #illustrator #finch #winter finch #Fringillidae #common crossbill #nature #animal #boreal #limited color #4 color #Loxia leucoptera #white-winged crossbill

[podartists]

Crossbill on tree branch | Ohara Koson

#ohara koson #crossbill #animal art #bird art #birds

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus)

(Photo by John George Richardson)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Europe; Russia

Size (Weight/Length)- 55 g; 17 cm

Diet- Tree seeds

Cool Facts- The parrot crossbill is one of the only birds to naturally have their top beak mandible cross over their lower one. Their beak helps them to feed on pine nuts without having to husk the entire pinecone. The crossbill inserts its lower mandible into the pinecone and presses up on the scale with its upper. This gives the bird time to grab the pine nut with their tongue before moving on to get the next seed. They’re essentially the squirrels of the bird world. Parrot crossbills have distinct sexual dimorphism with the males being bright red and the females being green or yellow.

Rating- 12/10 (Their scientific name is translated to crosswise pine parrot.)

#animal of the day #animals #birds #crossbill #saturday #september 30 #parrot crossbill #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[birdblues]

Red Crossbill

#red crossbill #crossbill #Loxia curvirostra #Passeriformes #Fringillidae #Carduelinae #Loxia #bird #upl

[feather-bone]

Red crossbill ! An odd little birdy with a beak specialized to get into pine cones!

[ID: an illustration of an orange and brown bird with a beak that looks crossed - the tips overlap in a curved shape. It is on a pine brancH with pine cones, on a light blue background. End.]

#crossbill #bird #birds #taiga #crossbills #daily creature #animals

[vintagewildlife]

Crossbill By: Unknown photographer From: Brooke Bond Tea Cards 1980

#crossbill #finch #passeriform #bird #1980 #1980s #Brooke Bond Tea Cards

[feet-of-clay]

House finch or crossbill?

#bird #finch #crossbill #nature #original photography #photographers on tumblr

[heaveninawildflower]

Grossbeak and Crossbills. Illustration to H G Adams and H B Adams' 'The Smaller British Birds' (London: 1874, Bell); after Alexander Francis Lydon.

Wood-engraving, printed in colours.

© The Trustees of the British Museum.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

#bird illustration #Grossbeak #Crossbill #Alexander Francis Lydon #birds

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Red Crossbill

Photo: Tom Murray

"These stubby little nomads are often first detected by their hard kip-kip callnotes as they fly overhead in evergreen woods. Red Crossbills in North America are quite variable, from small-billed birds that feed on spruce cones to large-billed ones that specialize on pines. Scientists have long puzzled over how to classify these different forms. New research suggests that there may be as many as eight different full species of Red Crossbills on this continent. Slight differences in callnotes are apparently enough to keep them from mixing, and several kinds may occur in the same area without interbreeding."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #red crossbill #north american birds #birds of north america #crossbill #crossbills #finch #finches #american birds #bird #bird watching #birdblr #birblr #passerines #birds of the us #birds of canada #birds of mexico #birds of central america #Loxia curvirostra

[dansnaturepictures]

21/01/2024-Acres Down in the New Forest

Photos taken in this set are of; views on a walk of gusty wind, moody scenes and pretty sky scenes of nice patterns, bright yellow in flower gorse, one of a group of charming Donkeys I enjoyed seeing on the walk feeding on some, a couple of my first Crossbill of the year which it was thrilling to see atop a conifer a charismatic and alluring bird which is so evocative of the tranquility and relative wilderness of New Forest woodland and a Brambling seen for a second week running here another fine finch with a Chaffinch it was great to see large groups of finches I believe Chaffinches flying through the air and together in the woods. I heard the Crossbill's stirring and intriguing call before seeing it, not one I'm familiar with but I had a feeling and I used the trusty Merlin ID app to confirm it and then I walked round to where I thought the sound was coming from and looked for trees one would logically be on, it reminded me of the power of the sense of sound in nature and how magical it was that I was stood not far away from it but not in an area where I could see it but because that sound reached me I was able to see the bird too.

Sound was key in the experience for my other year tick today as after a bit of a wait I was pleased to see at least one Meadow Pipit in the more open bit of the walk bringing my year list to 103 what a fantastic weekend it has been with some incredible species seen. It was also great to see another star of last week's walk here well again Firecrest with an exhilarating view one of my birds of the year. Other highlights today were Sparrowhawk, Robin, Coal Tit, Blue Tit including two racing around after one another, a nice few holly berries looking lovely, heather, lichen and eyecatching foxglove leaves I do like seeing them with Song Thrush and Great Tit heard. Long-bodied Cellar spiders and another spider and Starlings were good to see at home today with Pied Wagtail seen flying over out the back when home this evening.

#photography #birdwatching #crossbill #gorse #donkey #chaffinch #england #acres down #world #nature #happy #walk #walking #new forest #2024 #january #meadow pipit #coal tit #blue tit #woodland #woodland birds #winter #birding #tranquility #outdoors #europe

[jadafitch]

New winter finch tee design I created for Bird Collective and The Finchmasters - Finch Research Networks . Every purchase helps out The Finch Research Network.  Fingers crossed for a big irruption this year.  SHOP

#finches #finch #winter finch #evening grosbeak #goldfinch #american goldfinch #white-winged crossbill #crossbill #redpoll #common repoll #red crossbill #RECR #AMGO #WWCR #EVGR #CORE #collage #illustration #pen and ink #silkscreen #t-shirt #tee #shirt #water bottle #birer #birdwatcher #birding #bird #birds #bird art

[doubtsandloves]

CROSSBILL IN BRECKLAND WINTER by Norfolkboy1 Via Flickr: Pointillism.

#england #norfolk #breckland #crossbill #scots pines #rapidograph #pen & ink #pointillism #stipple #original drawing #P. ANTHONY BROMAGE #flickr

[birdblues]

Red Crossbill

#red crossbill #crossbill #Loxia curvirostra #Passeriformes #Fringillidae #Carduelinae #Loxia #bird #upl

[leolaroot]

whaaaaaat. that's awesoem

#crossbill

[shadsasaur]

GOOD NEWS! My little buddy

-was reclassified from endangered to threatened this week

-has Made More

#bird #birds #crossbill #percna