Birdwatchers come to Scotland to spot golden and sea eagles, the rare and large-billed Scottish crossbill, and the rare capercaillie. |
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The forest is, of course, most famous for its ospreys but Peter says the Scottish crossbill, wonderfully adapted for life in the pine forest, is also a local treasure. |
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Both position types occur in every crossbill population studied, so the maintenance of this polymorphism necessitates an evolutionary explanation. |
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The common crossbill has a curved beak to extract pine nuts from the pine cones. |
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The report highlights the plight of 20 species, including the song thrush, the corncrake, the crossbill, the capercaillie, the dotterel and black grouse. |
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Far off could be heard the warbling song of the red crossbill. |
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Loss of Newfoundland wolf, decline of Newfoundland marten and red crossbill. |
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Peter points out a goldcrest, Britain''s smallest bird, red crossbill and a woodpecker. |
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Well-known or interesting birds classified as finches include the bunting, canary, cardinal, chaffinch, crossbill, Galapagos finch, goldfinch, grass finch, grosbeak, sparrow, and weaver. |
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Keep your gaze skyward to spot noisy groups of crossbill, a chunky finch that usually flies at treetop height, fluttering from cone to cone to feed. |
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For instance, due to their declining populations, the rusty blackbird, the white-winged crossbill, and the boreal chickadee should be monitored in their distribution area throughout Québec. |
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The national park is also thought to provide habitat for the provincially endangered red crossbill that is known to be associated with late-successional, conifer forests. |
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I would add that the siskin and crossbill are subject to irruptive behaviour. |
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The forest is home to the endangered capercaillie and endemic Scottish crossbill. |
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The Scottish crossbill was confirmed as a unique species in August 2006, on the basis of having a distinctive bird song. |
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It was considered to be possibly a race of either the red crossbill or the parrot crossbill, both of which also occur in the Caledonian Forest. |
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The Scottish crossbill is extremely difficult to separate from the red and parrot, and plumage distinctions are negligible. |
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He says, 'A crossbill needs to find a spruce seed every seven seconds. |
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This species of crossbill is resident, and is not known to migrate. |
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Amazingly, for a small bird, the crossbill can lay eggs in January. |
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Woodland species such as Hawfinch and Crossbill are much easier to locate in the foliage-less trees. |
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Aside from the Scottish Crossbill, which occurs nowhere else, it is the Curlew for which we hold an international responsibility. |
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It'll be a joint effort form La Societe Expeditionnaire and Crossbill. |
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