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clark's nutcracker

  1. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    Note its powerful woodpecker-like bill used to extract pine nuts which these striking black and gray corvids store up for the winter. This species is usually restricted to high elevation boreal forests in Western North America. This individual shows a dark accent mark behind its eye and around...
  2. Speaking of Nutcrackers ...

    Speaking of Nutcrackers ...

    ... I added this one to my life list the day we were up at Crater Lake, OR. It was the one bird I specifically had on my wish list for this trip. Turned out I got quite a few other lifers as well, but I was particularly happy when I saw this one Clark's Nutcracker near the Rim Lodge at Crater...
  3. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    A photo of my first Clark's Nutcracker (lifer #354), seen soon after I woke up and photographed from our hotel room at the Snowbird Ski Resort, Utah, where my classmates and I were attending the annual Wildlife Society conference.
  4. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    He has scored a beak full of water and is showing it to me. lol There was about eight of these guys making a big noise, and I managed these two images before they headed up the hillside for the rest of the day.
  5. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    A lifer for me, He was spotted when Bob and Moose where here for a visit. I call him Indiana Jones because he is stealing a drink from a site in the cemetery. Raider of the Lost Arch.
  6. Reforester

    Reforester

    Responsible for the reforestation of western US pine forests.
  7. Tree Planter

    Tree Planter

    This bird is responsible for planting many pine trees. Although it has great recall on where it buried its seed cache, those seeds that are forgotten become trees.
  8. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    Taken at my cabin. Don't see them in the summer except at higher elevations.
  9. Not so "crossed bill".

    Not so "crossed bill".

    A nutcracker with the bill not fitting quite right. May be he has cracked too many hard shells.
  10. Raucous

    Raucous

    Who says that rain should keep you from bird photography?
  11. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

  12. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    First time seeing one of these guys.
  13. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    This is a first time photograph. It is not that these birds are uncommon, especially at higher elevations, it's that they tend to stay in the upper canopy of the pines. But, for what ever reason, this bird descided to drop the to ground. It gave chase to a poor chipmonk ( it was serious, the...
  14. Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    One of my lifer when I visited Manning Park last summer
  15. Clark's Nutcracker in Pine

    Clark's Nutcracker in Pine

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