We saw this little red crossbill perched on the black lava at the top of the Dee Wright Observatory at the summit of the McKenzie Pass on highway 242 in Oregon yesterday afternoon. It was snowing lightly yet this little bird was very calm, and allowed us to get within about 5 feet of him. The limiting factor in taking this image was the minimum focusing distance of my 400mm lens rather than concerns about scaring it away (I even had time to take images with two different cameras).