Birds Long-billed Corella

[Ralph]

I have no idea why they are designed this way but they have got it to work for them.
All shots taken at different times of the day.

All sho

• ILCE-7M3
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports 021
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-7M3
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports 021
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-7M3
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports 021
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Unframed Dave]

Similar to Crossbills Ralph. They've adapted over time to get the seeds out of pine cones. I guess this is something similar.

Crossbill - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Unframed Dave]

From wiki:

"has a long, pale beak, which is used to dig for roots and seeds"