Clark's Nutcracker
by Asif Islam
Title
Clark's Nutcracker
Artist
Asif Islam
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Clark's nutcracker. Also, referred to as Clark's crow or woodpecker crow.
The Clark's Nutcracker is a hardy, raucous and gregarious bird that is a familiar sight in the Rockies. When Captain William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, collected the first specimen, the bird's large, straight, black bill misled the famous western explorer into believing it was a woodpecker; it was originally categorized as being of the genus Picicorvus, meaning 'woodpecker-crow.' Despite its name, this bird actually cracks more conifer cones than nuts with its crowbar-like bill.
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March 8th, 2015
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