From the Northern Rocky Mountains, to the Northern Sierras and Cascades, whitebark pine trees grow in some of the harshest and most spectacular mountain ecosystems of North America. These long-lived trees are impressive in many ways, but what’s most remarkable is that their entire existence depends on an ancient relationship with the bird that plants their seeds– the Clark’s Nutcracker. Conceived as a visitor’s center film for Yellowstone National Park, The Bird and The Tree tells the story of one of nature’s great duos and how two very different organisms have co-evolved to lead intertwined lives that support a diversity of life in some of North America’s most cherished landscapes..
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a membership institution dedicated to interpreting and conserving the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
