008:365-January 8-It's A Lifer
While driving up to Riefel today I noticed a flock of birds in the trees along the roadway. I stopped to have a better look and to my delight I saw it was a flock of crossbills. (A bird I have never seen before ) Unfortunately they were high up in the trees so photographing them was not optimal however one or two eventually came about half way down so I was able to get a few shots. Even though these are not the best quality photographs nothing could take away from the excitement of seeing these birds for the first time. To me the images are picture prefect.
pS I am thinking they are white winged cross bills as most of the birds had very predominate white wing bars. Maybe someone more knowledgeable could clarify?
008:365-January 8-It's A Lifer
While driving up to Riefel today I noticed a flock of birds in the trees along the roadway. I stopped to have a better look and to my delight I saw it was a flock of crossbills. (A bird I have never seen before ) Unfortunately they were high up in the trees so photographing them was not optimal however one or two eventually came about half way down so I was able to get a few shots. Even though these are not the best quality photographs nothing could take away from the excitement of seeing these birds for the first time. To me the images are picture prefect.
pS I am thinking they are white winged cross bills as most of the birds had very predominate white wing bars. Maybe someone more knowledgeable could clarify?