Spotted Nutcracker “Nucifraga caryocatactes“ (2), Örnsköldsvik, Ångermanland, Sweden

TITLE: spotted nutcracker (“Nötkråka“) collecting seeds from a pine cone of “Pinus cembra“. LOCATION: Örnsköldsvik (Kyrkogården), Ångermanland, Sweden; 3rd August 2009. COMMENTS: a nutcracker (“Nucifraga caryocatactes“) is seen picking seeds from the cone of a planted “Pinus cembra“ in the cemetery of Örnsköldsvik. It is very likely a “Slender-billed Nutcracker“ (“Smalnäbbad nötkråka“; Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchos). FILMED BY: Dirk Van Gansberghe, with a Canon Powershot SX10IS.