#Aphelocoma californica

[haveyouseenthisanimal-irl]

[triruntu]

#559, a scrub jay for @elliwoods!

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[doingitfortheexposure]

A scrub jay story in four parts.

Photos by Xer S. Rowan, Creative Commons Attribution license, linktr.ee/DoingItForTheExposure

I take photos for the love of photography and share them under a free-to-use-as-long-as-I-am-properly-credited license.

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: California Scrub-Jay

Photo: Wendy Miller

"This is the 'blue jay' of parks, neighborhoods, and riverside woods near the Pacific Coast. Pairs of California Scrub-Jays are often seen swooping across clearings, giving harsh calls, with their long tails flopping in flight. They readily come to backyard bird feeders. Until recently, this jay was considered part of the same species as the Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay; the two were officially 'split' in July 2016."

- Audubon Field Guide

[birdblues]

California Scrub Jay

[thatnostalgiccarp]

Critter fact #68:

Daily critter fact #66: The California Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) was considered the same species as the Woodhouse's scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) until 2016.

[herpsandbirds]

California Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica), family Corvidae, order Passeiformes, Manteca, CA, USA

photograph by Johnny Morris

[alonglistofbirds]

Round 1 Group 4

American woodcock - Scolopax minor

Black woodpecker - Dryocopus martius

California scrub jay - Aphelocoma californica

Common poorwill - Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Cream-coloured courser - Cursorius cursor

Creamy-crested spinetail - Cranioleuca albicapilla

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[spinus-pinus]

California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica

12/29/2022 Big Bear Lake, California

[fairymarymag]

California Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma californica

[organicmatter]

Western Scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica)

[hawkpartys]

So based for being a lover of scrub jays. I love them too

scrub jays are everything to me, you have no idea. they are such goofy, wonderful little guys. i grew up with a pretty sizeable local flock of them and honestly at this point im like you know Scrub Jays, My Dear Friend Scrub Jays

Also if you talk to them while you're out they start recognizing you and let you approach them to get really nice pics like this

Photos all by me, of California Scrub-Jay's (Aphelocoma californica)

[doingitfortheexposure]

Some photos of California scrub jays. Kin of crows, these corvids live along the western edge of North America.

Photos by Xer S. Rowan, Creative Commons Attribution license, linktr.ee/DoingItForTheExposure

I take photos for the love of photography and share them under a free-to-use-as-long-as-I-am-properly-credited license.

[askforabird]

California Scrub Jays are my top favourite bird :)

California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica

© Jerry Ting

[psycheapuleius]

Western scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica)

Grand Canyon Arizona • September 2023

Western scrub jays have a mix of colors. Their heads, wings, and tails are vibrant blue, their backs are grey, and their bellies and throats are light grey to white. They have a prominent dark spot around the eye, and no crest.

[koval-ptaki-birds]

101) Aphelocoma coerulescens; Modrowronka zaroślowa, Florida scrub jay (sójka zaroślowa florydzka) - gatunek średniej wielkości ptaka ptaka z rodziny krukowatych (Corvidae).

Takson ten był łączony w jeden gatunek z modrowronką kalifornijską (A. californica) i modrowronką wyspową (A. insularis). Nie wyróżnia się podgatunków. Modrowronka zaroślowa występuje endemicznie na Florydzie w południowo-wschodnich Stanach Zjednoczonych.

IUCN uznaje modrowronkę zaroślową za gatunek narażony (VU, Vulnerable). Liczebność populacji szacuje się na 2500–9999 dorosłych osobników, a jej trend oceniany jest jako spadkowy.