Subject: [Tweeters] Fw: [mob] Steller's Jay Dispersal in Pacific NW
Date: Nov 23 11:46:24 2004
From: Peter Sullins - thesullinsfamily at earthlink.net



Tweeters & OBOL'rs

One of our fellow birders from Montana is providing some interesting information and asking for some additional information.

I for one have seen an increase in the number of Steller's about, and have seen them where I didn't expect to see them...

Perhaps others within our community have observed likewise and would share with Harry...

Peter Sullins

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From: "J. Harry Krueger" <hkrueger at cableone.net>
Sent: Nov 21, 2004 9:57 PM
To: mob at redmeadow.com
Subject: [mob] Steller's Jay Dispersal in Pacific NW

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892203103-22112004>This Fall there has
been a pronounced movement of Steller's Jay into numerous localities across the
region that usually do not have birds present.? It has been generally
assumed that these are birds moving attitudinally rather than from a distance,
but perhaps this is an assumption that should be reassessed in the light of
information available.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Currently there are
sixteen (16) subspecies of Steller's Jay, ranging south all the way to
Nicaragua, with?<SPAN class=892203103-22112004>five </SPAN>(<SPAN
class=892203103-22112004>5</SPAN>) in the Pacific Northwest as follows:.?
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<LI><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>The nominate
<EM>Cyanocitta stelleri stelleri </EM>is a coastal bird, ranging from s.
Alaska to western WA and NW OR and is identified by its blackish gray head,
crest and upper breast, often with light blue streaks on the foreheads, though
some individuals have a completely black forehead; the throat is pale and
streaky. There is <EM>no</EM> white either above or below the eye.?
</FONT></SPAN>
<LI><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>C. s. carlottae
</EM>is found only on the Queen Charlotte Is. archipelago, British Columbia,
and is the darkest of all the races, with?jet black crest and a black to
blackish gray back and mantle; there is?no white patch around the eye and
the?throat-patch is streaky grayish.?<EM> </EM></FONT></SPAN>
<LI><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>C. s. annectens
</EM>is found from interior British Columbia and sw. Alberta to e. Washington,
n. Idaho, w. Montana, ne. Oregon, and nw. Wyoming. It is quite similar to
<I>C. s. stelleri</I>, but has a cluster of pale-tipped feathers, forming
silvery/whiteish spot above eye, is?slightly paler with a?dark gray
back, mantle, and neck contrasting with a black head and crest and light sky
blue underparts. </FONT></SPAN>
<LI><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>C. s. frontalis
</EM>is a bird of central Oregon south through the mountains of
California.? Its?head, back, and crest are blackish gray?
with?blue streaks on the forehead extending over the crown and
a?bluish tinge at end of long crest-feathers; there is no silver or white
around the eye. </FONT></SPAN>
<LI><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally, <EM>C. s.
macrolopha </EM>is found in the Rocky Mtns. from s. and e. Nevada, Utah, se.
Wyoming, sw. South Dakota, w. Nebraska to sw. Texas and Sierra Madre
Occidental in n. Sonora and n. Chihuahua, Mexico.? Its crest is black
with a forehead conspicuously streaked silvery white to light sky blue; a
white stripe is found over the eye and a white fleck below the
eye.</FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<DIV><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I currently have
received photos of at least?<SPAN class=892203103-22112004>three
</SPAN>birds (one from Spokane, WA<SPAN
class=892203103-22112004>,</SPAN>?another from north-central Idaho<SPAN
class=892203103-22112004>, and a third from Garden Valley, Boise Co. ID</SPAN>)
that definitely are <EM>C. s. macrolopha, </EM>strongly suggesting a movement of
birds into this area from more eastern mountains rather than just an altitudinal
dispersion.? <STRONG>It would be very instructive to have further
documentation (photos and/or descriptions)</STRONG> relating to the birds that
are currently being seen in the region(s).? Again, as with the Blue Jay
invasion, I will keep you all updated as to developments as I am able to discern
them. I will shortly post the above pictures (and any others that would help
illustrate the subspecies in question and/or document dispersion on </FONT><A
title=http://www.IdahoBirds.net href="http://www.idahobirds.net/"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>www.IdahoBirds.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>?).
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<DIV><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN>?</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harry
Krueger</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Boise</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>208-407-2786</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365483102-22112004><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
title=mailto:hkrueger at cableone.net
href="mailto:hkrueger at cableone.net">hkrueger at cableone.net</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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