Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Scrub and Steller's Jays
Date: Mar 13 19:08:18 2012
From: Mike Ramos - ramosmike79 at gmail.com


We had a lone Scrub Jay in our back yard a few years ago way up here at the
north end of Bothell. I cannot recall the date unfortunately. We haven't
seen any since. It's a suburban wilderness up here, but Steller's Jays are
common. Even so, I always enjoy seeing one well - they are as beautiful and
"exotic" looking as just about any species of bird any where in the world.

We lived in New Mexico before moving here, and the interior subspecies of
Western Scrub-Jay was fairly common in the foothills, Rio Grande Valley and
towns. There, Steller's Jays are the lovely, long crested Rocky Mountain
race, and they are confined to the the higher elevation conifer forests
above the Pinyon Pine/Juniper zone inhabited by Scrub Jays. Only a hard
winter would drive them into the valleys and lower elevation towns in any
numbers. One winter we had them visit our feeder where they were dominated
by the Scrub Jays.

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Mike Ramos
ramosmike79 "at" gmail "dot" com
Mill Creek/Bothell, WA
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