#California scrub jay

[birds--daily]

day 11

today's bird is the california scrub-jay!

request from @capricciothespoon !!

- california scrub-jays have a symbiotic relationship with mule deer. the jays chill out on their backs and eat ticks and other parasites

- they're a little mischievous 😈

[spinus-pinus]

California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica

12/29/2022 Big Bear Lake, California

[alonglistofbirds]

[1998/11056] California scrub jay - Aphelocoma californica

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Corvoidea Family: Corvidae (corvids)

Photo credit: James Moodie via Macaulay Library

[triruntu]

#559, a scrub jay for @elliwoods!

Requests for birds are open, updates happen on Thursdays. [project tag] | [kofi]

[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.

[oakygn]

I recently got a new small camera that I can take around with me in my bag!

been practicing with it in my backyard and had these fellas show up a few times! My first time seeing a California Scrub-Jay!

[fairymarymag]

California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica

[orofeaiel]

California Scrub Jay I saw Sunday in Tacoma, done in pastel pencils.

[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

[pelagodes]

wehehe scrub

[spinus-pinus]

California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica

12/29/2022 Big Bear Lake, California

[corvidist]

Scrub Jay friend

[birdblues]

California Scrub Jay

[fairymarymag]

California Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma californica

[doingitfortheexposure]

California scrub jay, seen through some branches.

Photo by Xer S. Rowan, Creative Commons Attribution license