I've followed with some interest the reports of sightings of Blue Jays
in the Seattle area. My wife and I stopped at the Safeway at Chehalis,
just off I-5 Sunday afternoon for a much-needed Starbucks. We both saw a
blue jay who must have been picking up tidbits from the parking lot. It
squawked and flew off into a dense bush where we could no longer see
it.

We have recently moved from the Chicago area and are familiar with blue
jays (until West Nile killed off most of them). This wasn't a Steller or
a blue bird; too big and blue/white markings.

Joe York


Joseph W. York, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
University of Washington School of Medicine
Box 356340
Seattle WA 98195

phone 206-616-8283
fax 206-221-2390