There are scrub jays in the Olympia area, although I don't think the
numbers are large. Brings up another interesting point though; someone
posted recently that blue jays are dependant on acorns during the winter. I
don't know how depndant scrub jays are on acorns, but they sure make use of
them. So scrub jay/ blue jay may be a more direct interspecific conflict
than Stellar's jay/ blue jay, if they should ever come into contact.

>Last week I spotted a scrub jay in Bellingham. I've since been told by an
>acquaintance that he saw oodles of them in Portland recently. Has anyone else
>seen them this far north or nearly this far north?
>
>Steve Aronoff


Rob Saecker
Olympia