Parrot Crossbill
John Aitchison presents the parrot crossbill.
An episode of the Tweet of the Day podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Parrot Crossbill" was published on February 20, 2014 and runs 1 minutes.
February 20, 2014 ·1m · Tweet of the Day
Summary
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.John Aitchison tells the story of the parrot crossbill. The Parrot Crossbill lives only in a few native pinewoods in Scotland. When they're at the top of pine trees a view of the Parrot Crossbill is tricky, so crossbill experts use the birds' calls to tell them apart from Common and Scottish Crossbills. Parrot crossbills have a deeper call than the others.
Episode Description
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
John Aitchison tells the story of the parrot crossbill. The Parrot Crossbill lives only in a few native pinewoods in Scotland. When they're at the top of pine trees a view of the Parrot Crossbill is tricky, so crossbill experts use the birds' calls to tell them apart from Common and Scottish Crossbills. Parrot crossbills have a deeper call than the others.