Here is male #1, in a tree.
![](gyllenhaal_files/whwcro_1_b_male.jpg)
Here is male #2, the one
with the pinker plumage.
![](gyllenhaal_files/whwcro_2_male.jpg)
Here is male #2, extracting
a seed from one of the fallen pine cones.
![](gyllenhaal_files/whwcro_2_seed_a.jpg)
![](gyllenhaal_files/whwcro_2_seed_b.jpg)
![](gyllenhaal_files/whwcro_2_seed_c.jpg)
![](gyllenhaal_files/whwcro_2_seed_d.jpg)
This is one of the three
female White-winged Crossbils that we watched.
![](gyllenhaal_files/whwcro_3_female.jpg)
There were also a bunch
of Red-breasted Nuthatches, such as this one.
![](gyllenhaal_files/rebnut.jpg)
And just the one Pine Siskin,
who unlike the other birds was camera shy.
![](gyllenhaal_files/pinsis.jpg)
Watching the birds were
a couple of intrepid outdoor adventurers.
![](gyllenhaal_files/crossbill_encounters_1.jpg)
![](gyllenhaal_files/crossbill_encounters_3.jpg)
![](gyllenhaal_files/crossbill_encounters_5.jpg)
![](gyllenhaal_files/crossbill_encounters_8.jpg)
![](gyllenhaal_files/crossbill_encounters_11.jpg)
![](gyllenhaal_files/crossbill_encounters_13.jpg)
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