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X-bills
Doc Duck

X-bills (Loxia curvirostra)

The Crossbills were waaaay high up in the conifers that day. I couldn't even tell what they were through the 400 lens, not until I got the shots up on screen and cropped them massively. Most were too blurry, but this one somehow survived the cropping process.
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Habitat
park
Location
Ringve Botanical Garden, Trondheim
Date taken
21 Oct 2017
Scientific name
Loxia curvirostra
Equipment used
D90 100-400
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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Yeah.... the bill is a dead give-away isn't it!!!

You know my only views of Crossbills (since I got a camera) have been way at the top of the tallest trees and you've done really well to end with a useable picture.

Very well done Ann.
 
aloktewari
Opus Editor
Three wonderful images and narrative ... super work ... tfs, Ann ...
Thank you for the Links on the Laguna de Santa Rosa ... wonderful ... image in the first link and the one I've posted, have Great Blue Heron and Grey Heron, respectively ...
 
Joelle-Marcelle
There's no mistaking the bill of that bird. A great find and capture, Ann. I haven't seen a crossbill for years.
 

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