[tn-bird] Re: CLARK'S NUTCRACKER...near Anniston Alabama

In a message dated 4/27/02 5:13:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx writes:


> 
> 
> 
> Just a thought for those of you who head to Alabama to hunt for Clarke's 
> nutcracker...............I got my first one(s) as I was walking behind 
> Timberline (Timberlake?) Lodge on Mt. Hood, Oregon.  It was just past lunch 
> time, and I was finishing off a bag of potato chips as I walked.  I dropped 
> a 
> half of one, and, voila, several nutcrackers flew from the top of the 
> building right down to my feet to snatch it up.  I emptied the rest of the 
> package (about 6 chips) on the ground.  They snacked, I feasted on looking 
> at 
> them, and they followed me the rest of the way around the hotel to my car 
> in 
> the parking lot, apparently hoping for more chips.  I do not necessarily 
> suggest potato chips as food for them, but I have since seen them in 
> various 
> places eating (scavenging) almost anything.  Perhaps they have cast iron 
> stomachs.  It seems that many birds do.
> 
> At Mt. Charleston, north of Las Vegas, I took pictures of these birds 
> feeding 
> on the pine nuts of the lodgepole pine.  They are delightful, and usually 
> somewhat tame, birds, so GO TO SEE THIS FELLOW if you have never seen one.  
> I've never seen a Clarke's I wasn't glad to see.
> 
> Dee Thompson
> 

Dee and Tennessee Birders:
Martha Sargent and I and several Tennessee and Alabama birders saw this 
marvelous first state record bird yesterday afternoon.  What a treat!  It 
will obviously be a lifer for many of our friends in Alabama and in Tennessee.

Take care and God Bless.
Bob Sargent
Trussville, Alabama


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