Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Tjeldstø 26 November 2014 - Parrots

Light SE, sunny then clouding over in the afternoon

A walk around the reserve produced relatively little but a flock of 19 Parrot Crossbills furukorsnebb turned up and another flock of around 30 Crossbills may also have been this species. As usual I didn't find it very straightforward - they seemed big-headed and bull necked and the beaks were huge (not that necessarily means anything much). Beak size and shape varied quite a bit within the flock - some of which were within the range of some of the Common Crossbills grankorsnebb that regularly turn up here.


The curvature on the upper mandible on this bird seems to start straight away


Above and below - same bird



For a Parrot Crossbill furukorsnebb the bill on this one is positively dainty


A Goshawk hønsehauk flew over and two White-tailed Eagles havørn seemed to be displaying.

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