Clark Nutcracker Again Visits Colorado Desert
Journal
Condor
Volume
38
Issue
3 (May-June)
Year
1936
Pages
119
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
Clark Nutcracker again Visits Colorado Desert
Another Colorado Desert record for Clark Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) was secured when a specimen was taken on Coral Reef Ranch, September 24, 1935, at 44 feet below sea level. This bird was first noticed flying back and forth from the ground to a pasture fence. Later it was seen in a large cottonwood tree where it was collected.
C. O. Esterly recorded the occurrence of Clark Nutcrackers on the Colorado Desert when a flock of a dozen or more was sighted by him on the Marshall Ranch west of Indio on October 17 and 18, 1919 (Condor, 22, 1929, p. 40). The Marshall Ranch is approximately four miles northwest of the place where our specimen was taken.
Ben Clary, Marjorie Clary
CoachelLa, California, November 20, 1935
