Crossbills Part II - The Male

Taken this past Saturday with 500/4 + 1.4X TC.

Beautiful series of shots Scott.....amazing looking birds.

Shar824 wrote in post #7442876
Beautiful series of shots Scott.....amazing looking birds.

Thanks Sharon....I heard you guys had some snow in Alabama!!

They had snow in the north part from B'ham on up......and that's close enough for me. It very rarely snows along the coast. It's been cold the last couple of days but thank goodness we didn't get any of that white stuff.....We've got to start cutting grass this week.

He's a beauty Scott. Nice series of shots!

Great shots Scott. I am so jealous! The only ones I have seen have been at the very top of spruce trees - and you have them on the ground! They are such unique and specialized birds.
Bob

Shar824 wrote in post #7442950
They had snow in the north part from B'ham on up......and that's close enough for me. It very rarely snows along the coast. It's been cold the last couple of days but thank goodness we didn't get any of that white stuff.....We've got to start cutting grass this week.

...wow, it will be a while before we get the lawn mowers out Sharon

ajosteve wrote in post #7442954
He's a beauty Scott. Nice series of shots!

Thanks Steve.

Snow Goose wrote in post #7443291
Great shots Scott. I am so jealous! The only ones I have seen have been at the very top of spruce trees - and you have them on the ground! They are such unique and specialized birds.
Bob

Thanks Bob, & it was a first for me to see them on the ground as well. We actually had to wait quite a while to get a perched shot!

Amazing looking bills on these, nicely captured.

Very well done , nice light and exposures on these.

jgrussell wrote in post #7445380
Amazing looking bills on these, nicely captured.

Thanks, I appreciate your comments.

andrewhuxman wrote in post #7445407
Very well done , nice light and exposures on these.

Thank you Andrew, its always nice to hear from you.

Yep, these are wonderful shots!!!!

booju wrote in post #7446201
Yep, these are wonderful shots!!!!

Thanks Roland, I appreciate your comments.

splendis Scott A difficult strange bird to expain. Your shots do it all. We found our first WWXbills this winter. We used tghe word freak a lot and took poor shots.
Sam

sam walker wrote in post #7448684
splendis Scott A difficult strange bird to expain. Your shots do it all. We found our first WWXbills this winter. We used tghe word freak a lot and took poor shots.
Sam

Thanks Sam & I'm glad you had the opportunity to see them. They have been abundant around here this winter but we may not see them again for a couple of years...depending on the cone supply!