White-Winged Crossbill

I found myself near Fort Collins today and decided to seek out a pair of White-winged Crossbills that had been reported in the area recently. Fortunately for me, I ran into part of the local Christmas Bird Count team who directed me to the proper trees. Not my best work as I wasn't able to get the birds in good light and they stayed pretty high up in the trees, but I could get enough to make an ID of this out-of-range lifer. Taken at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, Colorado on December 19. 2009.