White-winged Crossbills are another common inhabitant of the boreal forest, often seen perched atop the cone covered canopies of dense spruce stands. Crossbills, as the name would suggest, are finches that have evolved a unique bent lower mandible which provides leverage to pry open the heavy scales of spruce cones and access the seeds within. The yellow head and neck of this bird indicates a female, male White-winged Crossbills are red.
Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + 1.4x, ISO-400 f/10 @ 1/640 sec.
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