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pinyon

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[pin-yuhn, peen-yohn, peen-yohn] / ˈpɪn jən, ˈpin joʊn, pinˈjoʊn /

noun

  1. piñon.


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The lawsuit claims the plan would eradicate habitat for imperiled sage grouse and pinyon jays with techniques including “chaining” — the dragging of an anchor chain from a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2024

Pale blue with a white bib, the pinyon jay typically mates for life and can be choosey about where to build a nest.

From Seattle Times Aug. 16, 2023

Firefighters fled the 750-foot-high fire front — as tall as a 53-floor building — as it chewed through pine, pinyon and juniper dried by a record-hot spring.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2022

At Brush Creek near Snowmass, we spotted the Clark’s nutcracker along with three kinds of jays — the Steller’s, Woodhouse’s scrub-jay and the pinyon — and large flocks of chatty, yellow-streaked pine siskins.

From New York Times Dec. 3, 2022

P. truei tends to avoid stands of sagebrush, or grasslands, lacking pinyon or juniper trees.

From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.

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