Subject: California Jays
Date: Sep 12 19:02:13 1997
From: Deb Beutler - dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu


Could some one enlighten me? What is a California Jay? Is it a
scrub-jay or Blue Jay. If I remember correctly, the scrub-jay was split
into the Florida Scrub-Jay, the Western Scrub-Jay, and the Santa Catalina
Scrub-Jay. So what is a California Jay? If scrub-jays are invading Oregon,
are they invading from California, were they always there, or are they
invading from the Great Basin (i. e. eastern Oregon, Idaho, Nevada). I
noticed the large number of scrub-jays in the Portland area when I was there
but just assumed that they were always there. I was surprised by the
Stellar's Jay in downtown Portland because I have only seen them in the high
country of Idaho and Washington. But the Western Scrub-Jay does occur in
the town of Pocatello, southeastern Idaho (as well as Pinyon Jays).
Thanks for the help.
Deb Beutler
Department of Zoology
Washington State Univerisity
Pullman, Whitman Co., WA
dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu