Interesting article! About 10 years ago I was fortunate enough to
visit Santa Cruz Island to study some rare plants found there. This
was back when the jay was still considered a subspecies of the W.
Scrub Jay. I remember being blown away by how huge they are. It
appears some of those Island plants are high in steroids! I saw them
in virtually the same spot as Sibley -- now that's what I call a
stake-out!

Mark


>FYI: an article in today's LA Times (online edition, anyway) regarding
>david sibley on his quest to see first-hand the island scrub jay, located
>only on santa cruz island, off the california coast...
>
>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jay22oct22.story
>
>00 caren
>http://www.parkgallery.org
>usually found at juanita bay park, kirkland, WA