Reforestation Crew
Rampart Range Road, Colorado Springs, CO - I was pleased to find large numbers of Clark's Nutcrackers hard at work ripping apart pine cones the other day. These high mountain birds plant the seeds of pine trees in their quest for food as they extract seeds from pine cones and bury them in various locations to serve as winter food stores. Those seeds that are never reclaimed for food, later turn into lovely pine forests, which the area now needs having suffered great loss from the Waldo Canyon Fire several years ago ...
Reforestation Crew
Rampart Range Road, Colorado Springs, CO - I was pleased to find large numbers of Clark's Nutcrackers hard at work ripping apart pine cones the other day. These high mountain birds plant the seeds of pine trees in their quest for food as they extract seeds from pine cones and bury them in various locations to serve as winter food stores. Those seeds that are never reclaimed for food, later turn into lovely pine forests, which the area now needs having suffered great loss from the Waldo Canyon Fire several years ago ...