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Aphelocoma californica
Beautiful Bluish coloration. Extremely feisty and territorial. A bunch of jays together are successful in driving my neighbor's cat away!!
Foothills and vicinity of Mt Diablo.
Photo Credits: Abhishek Parikh.
Spotted on Dec 16, 2010
Submitted on Apr 26, 2011
10 Comments
Thanks Sheila! i hope these do not become endangered like the Florida scrub jays. Habitat is very important to these birds.
thanks Feche!!
Looks like you miss your eagle friend! i am sure he is fine and too busy doing 'eagle" things!.
Thanks Ashish!
Great spotting... I missed it..!!
Very nice.
uploaded a closeup shot
Thanks Mitch!!
@Chris8,
Thanks!!
I believe you have the Western Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica, in the photo (which matches your location). Great shots of a beautiful bird. I've seen one once, at a distance, and nearly fell into a canyon trying to get a better look at it.
Beautiful !!