Migration time! Twice a year we get an influx of crossbills and I usually miss them, but I caught the fall crew this morning! #crossbills #viewfromthedeck
November 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Migration time! Twice a year we get an influx of crossbills and I usually miss them, but I caught the fall crew this morning! #crossbills #viewfromthedeck
Crossbills, culpeppers dish @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
October 31, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Crossbills, culpeppers dish @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Just couldn't get a decent focus on this male Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra). Notice his buddy hanging upside down in the top corner. 😀 Somewhat uncommon around here but this fall is shaping up to be an invasion year. #BirdingHungary #crossbills #BirdsSeenIn2026 #finches
November 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Just couldn't get a decent focus on this male Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra). Notice his buddy hanging upside down in the top corner. 😀 Somewhat uncommon around here but this fall is shaping up to be an invasion year. #BirdingHungary #crossbills #BirdsSeenIn2026 #finches
lifers 📷
November 1, 2026 at 3:28 AM
lifers 📷
Better Red Crossbills! They were still very far away. I guess it’s finally the day for them. There have been SO MANY in Portland, and now I’m seeing loads of Pine Siskins as well! 🪶 @thebirdsnest.bsky.social
October 31, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Better Red Crossbills! They were still very far away. I guess it’s finally the day for them. There have been SO MANY in Portland, and now I’m seeing loads of Pine Siskins as well! 🪶 @thebirdsnest.bsky.social
Just had a flock of 30 redwings fly overhead at culpepper dish, heading north. And 6 crossbills so far @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
October 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Just had a flock of 30 redwings fly overhead at culpepper dish, heading north. And 6 crossbills so far @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Terrible bird photos which are somehow still diagnostic 😂 I’ve been hearing Red Crossbills all around town for months, never seeing them. Today there were fifteen in my yard, and this photo proves it! There must be a major irruption this year — anyone else in the PNW seeing this? 🪶
October 31, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Terrible bird photos which are somehow still diagnostic 😂 I’ve been hearing Red Crossbills all around town for months, never seeing them. Today there were fifteen in my yard, and this photo proves it! There must be a major irruption this year — anyone else in the PNW seeing this? 🪶
as an outsider just looking in, it feels like Portland is a much better job than Seattle have protecting their trees. It’s nice. Everyone will get to benefit and see and hear the crossbills.
November 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM
as an outsider just looking in, it feels like Portland is a much better job than Seattle have protecting their trees. It’s nice. Everyone will get to benefit and see and hear the crossbills.
New prepint! Parrot Crossbills are more than large Common Crossbills. Shifts in allometry suggest developmental changes during beak development ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
October 26, 2026 at 10:55 AM
New prepint! Parrot Crossbills are more than large Common Crossbills. Shifts in allometry suggest developmental changes during beak development ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
The forest was a bit more lively this morning with the arrival of some of our winter guests. The Crossbills and Siskins were flying (too) high, but the Brambling and the Firecrest would reluctantly pose for a second. 🪶
Keep & Vuurgoudhaantje.
Keep & Vuurgoudhaantje.
October 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The forest was a bit more lively this morning with the arrival of some of our winter guests. The Crossbills and Siskins were flying (too) high, but the Brambling and the Firecrest would reluctantly pose for a second. 🪶
Keep & Vuurgoudhaantje.
Keep & Vuurgoudhaantje.
The paper mentions crossbills, conifers gain nothing from crossbill seed predation, pines, spruce & hazelnut benefit from Nutcracker caching, many seeds eaten, but plant seeds are dispersed.
October 27, 2026 at 7:03 AM
The paper mentions crossbills, conifers gain nothing from crossbill seed predation, pines, spruce & hazelnut benefit from Nutcracker caching, many seeds eaten, but plant seeds are dispersed.
As was shown in the case of Loxia crossbills, as well as in Darwin finches, diversification of ecotypes can occur in short time scales without genome-wide diversification.
October 27, 2026 at 7:11 AM
As was shown in the case of Loxia crossbills, as well as in Darwin finches, diversification of ecotypes can occur in short time scales without genome-wide diversification.
In Loxia crossbills, as well as in Darwin finches, diversification of ecotypes can occur in short time scales without genome-wide diversification.
The mutualism between nutcrackers and trees need not be tightly coupled over evolutionary time.
The mutualism between nutcrackers and trees need not be tightly coupled over evolutionary time.
October 28, 2026 at 12:17 PM
In Loxia crossbills, as well as in Darwin finches, diversification of ecotypes can occur in short time scales without genome-wide diversification.
The mutualism between nutcrackers and trees need not be tightly coupled over evolutionary time.
The mutualism between nutcrackers and trees need not be tightly coupled over evolutionary time.
Size-dependent beak shape divergence between Parrot and Common Crossbills likely involves major developmental changes
doi.org/10.32942/X28...
doi.org/10.32942/X28...
October 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Size-dependent beak shape divergence between Parrot and Common Crossbills likely involves major developmental changes
doi.org/10.32942/X28...
doi.org/10.32942/X28...
A really interesting look at the ongoing mass exodus of Clark’s Nutcrackers across the western US. 🪶
The mass avian exodus from the mountains to the sea
The Nutcracker Nation is on the move. So are crossbills, Pinyon Jays, and others, pouring out of the Sierra, Cascades, Great Basin, and Rockies.
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October 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
A really interesting look at the ongoing mass exodus of Clark’s Nutcrackers across the western US. 🪶
Return of the red crossbills. They were in residence for about two months this summer and departed in early September. The pine siskins are current residents.
#Birds #BirdWatching #GardeningForWildlife #PondLife
#Birds #BirdWatching #GardeningForWildlife #PondLife
October 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Return of the red crossbills. They were in residence for about two months this summer and departed in early September. The pine siskins are current residents.
#Birds #BirdWatching #GardeningForWildlife #PondLife
#Birds #BirdWatching #GardeningForWildlife #PondLife
these are birds I’ve never seen in my habitat, (Red Crossbills) 
October 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
these are birds I’ve never seen in my habitat, (Red Crossbills) 
yes, there’s different types and the different types like different cones some on the PNW like Sitka spruce cones and others like Western Hemlock cones. Would like to know what type you have visiting? You can read about type on the Merlin app if you have it.
October 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
yes, there’s different types and the different types like different cones some on the PNW like Sitka spruce cones and others like Western Hemlock cones. Would like to know what type you have visiting? You can read about type on the Merlin app if you have it.
Crossbills at Culpepper’s Dish today took some time but pleased to get them in the end
October 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Crossbills at Culpepper’s Dish today took some time but pleased to get them in the end
Do you have a spark bird? I don’t remember having just one. My love of birds grew through juncos, grosbeaks, crossbills, wrens, and many small moments. There are no lesser birds, and no bird is “just” an everyday bird. Read more: https://wildbirdwarble.wordpress.com/
October 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Do you have a spark bird? I don’t remember having just one. My love of birds grew through juncos, grosbeaks, crossbills, wrens, and many small moments. There are no lesser birds, and no bird is “just” an everyday bird. Read more: https://wildbirdwarble.wordpress.com/
