Here is my article in the WOS newsletter about their expansion into the
PNW.

They have become a regular species in Port Townsend, with multiple breeding
pairs. I encounter them daily now, when just 4 years ago they were flagged
on eBird.

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On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Hello Tweeters,

> This is a species we see only twice a year, in the last five years, one

> bird, once in the spring and once in the fall, for one day and occasionally

> two.

> We usually will hear them before we see them at our feeders.

> The four resident Stellar Jays seem to give them the clear message that:

> nope, this is our territory and food source! Time to move along!

> I found the behavior section of this article to be very interesting.

> Very smart, neat birds.

> This Wikipedia article has some useful references. You can click on them

> if you want to see the some of the original research articles.

> Dan

>

>

>

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_scrub_jay

>

> Sent from my iPhone

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​Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA (qatáy)