Nucifraga columbiana 
            
               (L 11" WS 16" WT 3 oz) 
          
         
            
               Mount Rainier
            
               Washington
            
               26Jul2017
          
         
            
               Hides thousands and thousands of
               seeds each year...can remember
               where to find most of them.
          
         
            
               © Ian
               Cruickshank
            
               xeno-canto
          
         
            
               Nutcrackers don’t just cache
               pine seeds; they plant forests. 
               (Kevin Cook) 
          
         
         
            
               Nucifraga in Latin
               means nutcracker.