UtahnBirder
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Today I visited one of my favorite local hotspots, located at the mouth of a canyon. The floor of the canyon has some deciduous trees, but the entire face of the north ridge is nothing but Juniper.
I am under the impression that Clark's Nutcrackers basically eat nothing but pine nuts, maybe with the occasional arthropod. Online guides say they like pinyon-juniper habitat, but I assume that would be because of the pinyon. The area I'm talking about is Juniper only--no pinyon in the immediate vicinity.
Am I correct that this is abnormal, or do Clark's Nutcrackers eat something from junipers?
I am under the impression that Clark's Nutcrackers basically eat nothing but pine nuts, maybe with the occasional arthropod. Online guides say they like pinyon-juniper habitat, but I assume that would be because of the pinyon. The area I'm talking about is Juniper only--no pinyon in the immediate vicinity.
Am I correct that this is abnormal, or do Clark's Nutcrackers eat something from junipers?