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Found on the ground on hiking trail. Looking a little beat up. We picked it up to get a better look and noticed some tail feathers missing on the one side. We held it a while as we continued our walk along the trail and gave it a little water. What we where not expecting was she was starting to lay an egg. The other pictures show it. The egg came out broken yoke first then the shell. Only minute after the ordeal she had enough strength and flew off. She was still bulging on the bottom and appeared to have more eggs to lay.
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Red Crossbill, male. 5 June 1991, Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis Co., Texas. This species breeds rarely in west Texas. This is a presumed breedng male from the Davis Mts., it was paired with a feamle and was singing. Poor quality photo, but all I have of this bird. It was not a night shot, but it was a very shaded location and the flash makes it look like it was dark.
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"Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra female - feeding on dry seedheads of roadside flowers. near Palo Duro Reservoir, Hansford Co., Texas 22 February 1997 3 shots provided Red Crossbills occasionally stage ""invasions"" into Texas some winters."
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"Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra female - feeding on dry seedheads of roadside flowers. near Palo Duro Reservoir, Hansford Co., Texas 22 February 1997 3 shots provided Red Crossbills occasionally stage ""invasions"" into Texas some winters."
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"Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra female - feeding on dry seedheads of roadside flowers. near Palo Duro Reservoir, Hansford Co., Texas 22 February 1997 3 shots provided Red Crossbills occasionally stage ""invasions"" into Texas some winters."
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"Red Crossbill male Stratford, Texas 21 Feb 1997 One of about 10 birds we found. Red Crossbills occasionally stage ""invasions"" into Texas some winters."
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"Red Crossbills small flock in the top of a tree El Paso, Texas 23 Nov 1996 One shot of the overall scene, then a couple of shots cropped from the main image. Red Crossbills occasionally stage ""invasions"" into Texas some winters."
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"Red Crossbills small flock in the top of a tree El Paso, Texas 23 Nov 1996 One shot of the overall scene, then a couple of shots cropped from the main image. Red Crossbills occasionally stage ""invasions"" into Texas some winters."
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"Red Crossbills small flock in the top of a tree El Paso, Texas 23 Nov 1996 One shot of the overall scene, then a couple of shots cropped from the main image. Red Crossbills occasionally stage ""invasions"" into Texas some winters."
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Apparently these crossbills have been hanging around Hammo for some time.
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Apparently these crossbills have been hanging around Hammo for some time.
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Apparently these crossbills have been hanging around Hammo for some time.
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Apparently these crossbills have been hanging around Hammo for some time.
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Apparently these crossbills have been hanging around Hammo for some time.
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Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra male near Echo Lake, foot of Mt. Evans, Arapaho National Forest Clear Creek Co., Colorado 8 June 2007
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Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra female Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Cochise Co., AZ 24 May 2008
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Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra male - moulting Breckenridge, Summit Co., Colorado 23 July 2008
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juvenile
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