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Bird Watching: White-winged Crossbills, 1 by Grasmussen

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Grasmussen wrote:
White-winged Crossbills primary food is conifer seeds. They extract the seeds by forcing apart scales of cones with the bill tips, and lifting out the seeds with tongue. This is a female White-winged Crossbill.