Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
- HABITAT - Red Crossbill breeds in the coniferous forests of North America, as well as Europe and Asia. Crossbills are mainly resident, but often irrupts south when its food is scarce.
- DIET - Crossbills have distinctive mandibles, crossed at the tips, which enable them to extract seeds from conifer cones and other fruits. extract seeds from the cones of spruce, pine, Douglas-fir, hemlock and tamarack.
- FACTS - Crossbills often come to the ground to consume grit along roadsides which can be deadly for them with the high speed cars and trucks that travel the highways.
