A male red crossbill sits on the ground eating pine seeds at Fairmount Cemetery in Davenport in February. This particular flock was fond of hemlocks cones. (Brandon Caswell/correspondent) Buy Photo In ...

A long-eared owl perches in a tree in Chicago’s South Loop on Jan. 25, 2024. Peter Tsai/Chicago Tribune/TNS CHICAGO — After walking the grounds of the Morton Arboretum for hours on a December morning, ...

September brought the first hint that we might be in for some interesting times in the bird world, when the first Woodhouse’s scrub-jays appeared in the area, their distinctive, raucous calls ...

In response, crossbills with deeper bills have an advantage in prying open these cones. Cassia Crossbill’s beaks average .6 mm deeper. Type 5 Red Crossbills also feed on lodgepole cones, but do not ...

Crossbills are appropriate birds for the Christmas season. There are two species-red crossbill and white-winged crossbill. Both qualify as symbols of Christmas. Both are red overall. The white-winged ...

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