I am compiling information on GRAY JAYS in Washington
and am very interested in their distribution and seasonality in
the lowlands. American Birds/Field Notes reports are very
few, probably because the species is just so widespread and
common in the mountains. However, it does occur in
portions of the lowlands at low densities.

So this is a request for past and present sightings of GRAY
JAYS below 2000 feet elevation, particularly on the outer
coast, Willapa Hills, Puget Lowland, and west slope of the
Cascades. Please provide location and date or month/year.
Or even if its just a memory from the past, let me know. If
your record has already been in American Birds or the
just-published Breeding Bird Atlas, don't sweat it.

Thanks

Chris Chappell
Olympia
chris.chappell at wadnr.gov