Birds Identified: White-Winged Crossbill, male
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White-Winged Crossbill, male has these characteristics:
- Hopping or climbing
- About same size as robin
- Smaller than robin
- Tail forked
- Bill thick, as thick or thicker at base than length of bill
- Red present
- Underparts plain
- Wing bands or bars
- North summer (June through August)
- North winter (November through February)
- South winter (November through February)
- Wood habitat
- Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org