White-winged Crossbills at feeders!
You by no means know who might display up at your feeders! I as soon as had White-winged Crossbills consult with feeders in overdue iciness. Those northern birds are hardly ever observed right here, let on my own observed at feeders. White-winged Crossbills are huge finches that basically are living in Canada, AK, and northerly spaces of the northeast quadrant of this nation. In iciness they may be able to come down into the U.S. on the lookout for meals. They use their superb invoice, which is crossed on the tip, to pry open conifer cones and extract the seeds. We had been making it simple for them, as we had hulled sunflower within the feeders, no shell to take away.