In a message dated 1/25/2000 12:20:02 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Randy_Hill at fws.gov writes:

> Friday morning near the Rainier brewery along I-5 we had what looked
> like a Scrub Jay cross the highway and land in blackberry bushes in
> the median strip. Bob Flores and I both immediately said Scrub Jay
> from the brief look that we had at 60+ mph.

Not too surprising. Last week in downtown Olympia I observed the first pair
of Western Scrub Jays I had seen together in this area. The invasion is well
underway.

--Nick Pharris
Olympia, WA
mailto: NJPharris at aol.com