This week, I’d like to focus on a species observed by our other Christmas Bird Count group, a bird who always looks like it just lost a bar fight: the Red Crossbill.
Migrating from cone to cone, feeding on an ancient invention of almost 400 million years, the Red Crossbill finds seeds. Or perhaps more appropriately, the Red Crossbills find seeds, for they are almost always found in flocks, and almost always found near conifers.