Red Crossbill (male) holding a pine cone, Bec-croisé des sapins

            Aragon, Spain
(Loxia curvirostra)

This male crossbill moves from tree to tree with a female. He extracts the seeds from dry, open pine cones that have remained on the tree since the previous year. But he has also undertaken to pick a pine cone of the year that seems barely mature. He skilfully managed to pluck it from the branch below him, using his beak and legs to pull it up and lift it above him like a trophy (photo). Eventually, he will drop it to the ground, perhaps so that the seeds will be quicker or easier to reach? 

Ce bec-croisé mâle se déplace d'arbre en arbre avec une femelle. Il extrait les graines des pommes de pin sèches et ouvertes qui sont restées sur l'arbre depuis l'année précédente. Mais il a aussi entrepris de cueillir une pomme de pin de l'année qui semble à peine mature. Il a habilement réussi à l'arracher de la branche sous lui et à la remonter à l'aide de son bec et de ses pattes pour ensuite la lever au-dessus de lui comme un trophée (photo). Finalement, il la fera tomber à terre, peut-être que les graines seront plus rapidement ou plus facilement accessibles?

Taken in: Spain / Aragon / Jaca / Bergosa (show map)

Taken on: April 19, 2024

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Oiseau

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Espagne

Animal

Bec-croisé des sapins

Aragon

Bird

Loxia curvirostra

Male

Red Crossbill

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