>Michael Smith wrote:
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>> Steller's and Gray Jays: Gray Jays inhabit high elevation conifer
>> forests, Steller's Jays seem to be everywhere, though.

On our recent vacation to Oregon, Steller's Jays were indeed everywhere (and
noisily so), with one major exception being Sauvie Island. On Sauvie Island,
we spent nearly an entire day birding and saw only a single Steller's Jays.
The jays that seemed to be all over the place around houses, etc, were
Scrub Jays. This conformed to the F&W brochure, which listed Steller's Jays
as uncommon and Scrub Jays as common. This seemed especially weird to me
because the scrub jays are at the northern end of their range, so you
wouldn't expect them to be outcompeting Steller's, especially since we saw
far more (almost exclusively) Steller's in the rest of Oregon. Anyone know
what's going on there?

Teresa Michelsen
temi461 at ecy.wa.gov