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Loxia curvirostra
Red Crossbills are brick-red songbirds that specialize in eating pine-cone seeds. They have an unusual bill- the tips cross over each other, almost as if their bill is overgrown. This shape helps them pry open pine cones, to get the seed inside.
Pine forest at Angel Fire, New Mexico.
Spotted on Feb 6, 2013
Submitted on Feb 15, 2013
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