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Post by Dave on Nov 17, 2007 19:39:14 GMT -8
A friend passed this photo to me of some birds at Parksville, BC. The question is, what are they?    Dave |
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Post by Gord on Nov 17, 2007 20:06:07 GMT -8
They look like moulting Red Crossbills, only Ive never seen one rummaging around in seaweed before!
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Post by cwjury on Nov 18, 2007 19:28:28 GMT -8
When I was working on my caribou property in August- as we were excavating the wetlands I am creating. We had a large pile of peat bog. Well every morning we had a flock of red crossbills feeding on this material. Same idea as your sea weed picture. The juv looked just like your picture- except we had some females mixed in.
Cliff
Backyard Birding Stores
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Post by kastern on Nov 19, 2007 14:05:43 GMT -8
I have a daughter in Parksville who is helping with building a home that backs right onto the estuary....I'll have to ask her if she has seen these......who ever would have thought to look for crossbills on a beach! Could they be after the salt?
Kathy
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