White-Winged Crossbill

 

A flock of white-winged crossbills were spotted on Feb. 17, 2009, in a weeping hemlock outside the Cooper Administration Building on Sperry Road. The birds, which were feeding on the cones of the shrub, stayed long enough for The Holden Arboretum's Jackie Klisuric and Brian Parsons to capture these images.

 

 

Female white-winged crossbill. A female white-winged crossbill.
Male white-winged crossbill. A male white-winged crossbill.
Female white-winged crossbill with a cone. Female with a cone. The line on the right-hand side of the photo is the bar of the deer fencing surrounding the hemlock.
A pair of white-winged crossbills. A pair of crossbills.