A first for me today in the New Forest was a small flock of Common Crossbills. Males are more brightly coloured than females, with orange-red plumage, in contrast to the females’ grey-green. Both sexes use their distinctive bills to prise open pine cones and extract the seeds.
Continued Reflections from my World. 
How exciting!
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I would love to see a crossbill. Your photos are great and do a good job of highlighting the cross bill.
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Thanks. They were less colourful than I had expected but their bills as you say showed well.
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Thanks. They were less colourful than I had expected but their bills as you say showed well.
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