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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.
Nutcracker (bird) C. Clark's nutcracker; K. Kashmir nutcracker; N. Northern nutcracker; S. Southern nutcracker This page was last edited on 5 April 2013, at 14:41 ...
The northern nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), previously known as spotted nutcracker and Eurasian nutcracker, is a passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae. It is slightly larger than the Eurasian jay but has a much larger bill and a slimmer looking head without any crest. The feathering over its body is predominantly chocolate brown ...
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [1] [2] [3] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, 139 species are included in this family.
CBS News shared the video clip on Saturday, April 13th. The 30-second video shows a bird in a tree, which isn't very interesting until you turn your sound on and listen to the bird. It sounds just ...
The lyrebird is an Australian species best known for its ability to mimic man-made sounds. National Geographic has recorded these remarkable birds mimicking such unnatural noises as a chainsaw and ...
The colloquial name camp robber is used for several North American species of birds (all corvids) known for their fearlessness around humans and their proclivity for stealing food from campers and picnickers: [1] Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis) Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) Black-billed magpie ...