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Nucifraga columbiana
The most striking feature about this handsome grey, black and white corvid is the long pointed black beak. Its raucous Kraa-aa-a call is easily heard in the Cascade and Rocky Mountains. Check the reference for full range details.
I like to call # 4 Chat at the waterhole.
Depend on the seeds of Pine trees as their major food source but also eat insects and other food offered to them by people at feeders, etc. They hold the pine cones between their feet and use their strong beak to tear into it and extract the seeds.
Spotted on Aug 20, 2012
Submitted on Aug 23, 2012
8 Comments
Astonishing! I can see how you love these birds!
nice pic!
Thanks, I love these birds. I am always "on holiday" when I see them, so they are associated with pleasure!
Awesome series! The one with the water strikes me as really artistic.
Nice spotting it would be greet if you could at it to my mission. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1487...
Thanks! I love how he posed on #3 where it says Brainy Birds! They really are!
nice
Such a handsome bird!