ID Please

Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
edited May 10, 2008 in Wildlife
I found a bunch of these feeding on incets in an old log. I can't seem to find a ID for them. Strange beaks.

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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited May 9, 2008
    Red Crossbill and Female.

    Nice capture.

    Don
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  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited May 9, 2008
    DonRicklin wrote:
    Red Crossbill and Female.

    Nice capture.

    Don

    Thanks Don!
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    great capturesclap.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    The similarity to House Finch is uncanny...both sexes.

    Nice capture! thumb.gif
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    The similarity to House Finch is uncanny...both sexes.

    Nice capture!
    Quite, except for the distinctive 'Crossed Beaks'! thumb.gif

    Don
    Don Ricklin - Gear: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, was Pentax K7
    'I was older then, I'm younger than that now' ....
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  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    The similarity to House Finch is uncanny...both sexes.

    Nice capture! thumb.gif

    That what I thought they were when taking the shots but when I got home and brought them up on the computer, I saw the bills. “Hmmm, inbreed mutants or something I normally don’t see?” I figured the latter.



    One thing is for sure: If I was using my XTI instead of my new toy (40D) it would not have turned out as nice. I was pushing it on distance.


    Mark
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  • PrescottPhotogPrescottPhotog Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    Mark Edell wrote:
    I found a bunch of these feeding on incets in an old log. I can't seem to find a ID for them. Strange beaks.

    Hi Mark, Strange indeed but a wonderful capture. It would have been hard to pose them any better.
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