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Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
35.7943, -105.8
Field Notes
Description:
Clark’s Nutcrackers are the size of a jay but the shape of a crow, with short tails and rounded, crestless heads. The bill is long, straight, and sharp-tipped.
Clark’s Nutcrackers are pale gray birds with black wings. In flight, the wings show large white patches along the trailing edges (secondaries). The tail is black in the center with broad white along either side. Nutcrackers have black bills, legs, and feet.
Habitat:
Top of pine tree at Santa Fe Ski Lodge in pine forest of Sangre de Cristo Mountains at 10,000 ft.
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