To update, the bird is NOT a crossbill. It is an American Goldfinch with an coincidentally-placed pine needle. 

> On Oct 4, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Robert Sams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Jane Riker posted on Facebook around 4:30 at picture of a female
> White-winged Crossbill taken from her back yard on the west side of Findlay.
> As of 630, it was not being seen at that moment.
> 
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