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Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), sometimes referred to as Clark's crow or woodpecker crow, is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to the mountains of western North America. The nutcracker is an omnivore, but subsists mainly on pine nuts , burying seeds in the ground in the summer and then retrieving them in the winter by ...
A single nutcracker can store as many as 98,000 pine nuts in a single season, and remembering the location of 75% to over 90% of their stash, even when buried in snow more than a metre deep. [7] The memory is also retained for 7–8 months enabling them to feed their young on seed stored the previous autumn.
The frogs had once been an important part of the summer diet of not only bears, coyotes and snakes but also multiple bird species, including the Clark's nutcracker and the gray-crowned rosy finch ...
The southern nutcracker (Nucifraga hemispila) and the Kashmir nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata) were formerly considered as subspecies of the northern nutcracker. The species complex was known by the English name "spotted nutcracker". The other member of the genus, Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), occurs in western North America.
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The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. Black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus; Mountain chickadee, Poecile gambeli; Chestnut-backed chickadee, Poecile rufescens; Oak titmouse, Baeolophus inornatus
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The trees yield edible nuts, which are a staple food of Native Americans, and widely eaten as a snack and as an ingredient in New Mexican cuisine. The name comes from the Spanish pino piñonero , a name used for both the American varieties and the stone pine common in Spain, which also produces edible nuts typical of Mediterranean cuisine .