How to Use crossbill in a Sentence

crossbill

noun

• There is the Cassia crossbill, a finch with a twisty beak found in a single county in Idaho.
  — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• Two red crossbills were seen in Leominster, and an evening grosbeak was seen in Royalston.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2019
• Pairs of red crossbills were reported in Harwich and Wellfleet, and an unprecedented June record of evening grosbeak was photographed at a feeder in Wellfleet.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2019
• According to scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a single crossbill can eat 3,000 spruce seeds in a day.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2021
• Spruces produced ample cones for white-winged crossbills, pine siskins and one of the 10 red crossbill types in northeastern North America, leading to high breeding success in the area, according to the report.
  — Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
• Surprises along the way might including sightings of a rare winter visitor, the red crossbill, as well as animal tracks in the snow, which Iwanicki will identify.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2020
• Being seen are representatives from eight finch species: pine siskin, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, purple finch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, red crossbill, and white-winged crossbill, plus red-breasted nuthatch.
  — Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
• The people who lived here created sounds that reflected their environment and circumstances, not unlike the red crossbill’s developing songs to deal with mountain winds.
  — Paul Kvinta, Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2022
• Meanwhile, the irruptive species—birds who irregularly migrate—like crossbills, redpolls, grosbeaks, and purple finches stayed north, resulting in lower talleys for the annual count in most of the United States.
  — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 15 Dec. 2017
• With luck, spot an elusive capercaillie, an endemic Scottish crossbill, or a magnificent golden eagle.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Irruptions also occur periodically with other northern bird species, including the red crossbill, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, evening grosbeak and pine siskin.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024