Scrub Jays
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The passerine birds of the genus Aphelocoma include the scrub-jays and relatives.
Western Scrub Jay Photos
The Western Scrub Jay is a jay of the western U.S., not found in South Dakota. Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos.
Western Scrub Jay 1 ...
Florida Scrub Jay
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6. Scrub jay posing nicely in Golden Gate Park
7. Mallard in Golden Gate Park ...
The fact that scrub jays continually move their food from one hiding place to another (known as recaching) does not necessarily imply subtle social intelligence ... > full story ...
Juvenile Florida Scrub Jay
Photograph by Odyman. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY FACTS ...
Florida scrub jay populations are usually higher in oak cover between 3 and 6 feet (1-3 m) high. They will decrease in number with an increase in grass cover and woody cover (other than oak) that is less than 3 feet (1 m) high [9].
The Florida Scrub-Jay used to be considered part of one species, the Scrub Jay, together with the Western and Island scrub-jays. Genetic evidence showed that the Florida birds were genetically quite different from the western jays.
Florida Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens
Island Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma insularis
Western Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma californica
Mexican Jay, Aphelocoma ultramarina
Pinyon Jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Clark's Nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana ...
Just recently saw these beautiful Scrub Jays at Oscar Scherer State Park; where they work very hard to maintain a proper scrub oak population so these birds can enjoy this preferred habitat.
The most similar species is the Florida Scrub Jay. The Florida Scrub Jay is mostly blue in color, but lacks the crest of the Blue Jay.
In 2003, a petition to list the Florida Scrub Jay as Endangered cited a 31% loss between 1983 and 2002 in the Ocala National Forest. This claim needs further study, since the Ocala group is one of three core populations.
THE FLORIDA JAY.
[Scrub Jay (see also Ultramarine Jay).]
GARRULUS FLORIDANUS, Bartram.
[Aphelocoma coerulescens.] ...
Bullfrogs are extremely skittish for such large strapping frogs. I managed one long-distance telephoto shot of this one before a scrub jay squawked by and the frog vanished into the muck.
Sighting: ...
" It is important, therefore, that scrub jays be preserved wherever they occur, with each isolated population being recognized as an integral part of a larger, regional scrub-jay population.
In most species breeding commences at one or two years of age, but the social breeding species and the European Jay take at least 3 years to reach sexual maturity. Several species have numerous subspecies and wide distributions. The Scrub Jay has 17 ...
Acorn woodpeckers aggressively defend their territories, and hammer the nuts tightly into holes in the trees to make it difficult for potential robbers including Steller's and scrub jays to remove the acorns without being detected, ...
Arousal from hibernation on warm days to feed has been reported, as has periodic foraging during the winter in the San Francisco Bay area. Predators reported for L. blossevillii include birds (e.g. scrub jays, falcons, accipiters, owls, roadrunners), ...
 See also: Jay, Blue Jay, Scrub-Jay, Perch, Hummingbird
  
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