White-winged Crossbill Photos
Photography by Terry Sohl
My Favorite: A species that
to date, I've only seen in one location...Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota. They're known to be wanderers, a species that in winter
might show up good numbers, or not show up at all. In southeastern South
Dakota, it's definitely the latter, as there have only been a handful of winters
that I remember them being reported around here. Mount Pleasant Cemetery has
some very large, old spruce trees that often have a good crop of cones, and
that's what's the attraction for Crossbills. Curiously, the only
Crossbills I've seen there have been White-winged Crossbills, and I have seen
them there during three different winters. These photos are all from
February 2012.
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| White-winged Crossbill 1 | White-winged Crossbill 2 | White-winged Crossbill 3 | White-winged Crossbill 4 |
| February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 |
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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| White-winged Crossbill 5 | White-winged Crossbill 6 | White-winged Crossbill 7 | White-winged Crossbill 8 |
| February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 |
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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| White-winged Crossbill 9 | White-winged Crossbill 10 | White-winged Crossbill 11 | White-winged Crossbill 12 |
| February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 | February 5th, 2012 |
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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| White-winged Crossbill 13 | White-winged Crossbill 14 | White-winged Crossbill 15 |
| January 21st, 2018 | January 21st, 2018 | January 21st, 2018 |
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Click here for the species description page for the White-winged Crossbill