Red Crossbill

While I was at Bosque del Apache, I took a morning to run up to Sandia Crest in search of Rosy Finches (which I didn't find). At the 10K trail head (at 10,000 feet elevation), I did find a flock of Red Crossbills foraging in the trees. I couldn't get very close, as they stayed fairly high, so this is a pretty large crop, but it's my first Crossbill, so I'll take it.

1DIV, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow on RRS legs, f7.1, 1/250, iso 400, Av mode with no compensation. Normal processing in CS5. Cropped to 2.15MP or 13% of the original. Taken January 21st at 9:48 am.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,