red crossbill

Continuing irruption here, but I'd still like confirmation on this poor recording. Thanks in advance!

A lifer for me, a family of crossbills arrived at my feeder for a very short stay. The male and female each posed for me but the youngster was too busy trying to make its way from the feeder roof down to the seed.

Another Lifer for me!!!! Eeeeeekkkkkkk!!!!!

Last one of the Red crossbill.

Three more of the Red crossbill today. Tomorrow just one last one, then on to the White-winged.

Three more of the Red crossbill today. Tomorrow just one last one, then on to the White-winged.

Three more of the Red crossbill today. Tomorrow just one last one, then on to the White-winged.

Red crossbill, female.

Deep shade under the trees there, and bright snow behind. But occasionally she poked her head up into a sunny spot.

Another view of this beaut.

A semi rare visitor. Have only ever seen them a handful of times. He really showed up in the sunlight. Unfortunately his stay was under a minute, and I never did get a good shot of him. This is the best one, ttw at full zoom, and cropped.

with Foxglove blooms

This one in breeding plumage, interesting to see that this one's bill is crossed the opposite way to the one I posted yesterday Wikipedia says "The mechanism by which the bill-crossing (which usually, but not always, occurs in a 1:1 frequency of left-crossing or right-crossing morphs) is...

Big thanks to JR for the tipoff, thanks mate!