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Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Posted by Corvid Gyrl in caching, Clark's Nutcracker, corvid brain, Corvid Cognition, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, crows, Food, intelligence, jays, Memory, Nucifraga columbiana, Tool Use On August 9, 2012
A member of the corvidae family, Clark’s Nutcracker is a lovely bird slightly smaller than the Spotted Nutcracker. It eats mostly seeds from the pine tree. And it has a pouch in the floor of it’s mouth
Caching Corvids
Posted by Magpie in American Crow, bird cam, caching, Common Crow, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, family, feeding, Habitat, intelligence, Photograph, Pictures On March 19, 2009
Did you know that the corvid-family of birds cache food for later — saving it in multiple spots for many months? They also watch other birds cache food and steal it–moving it for themselves. They are sneaky.