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Aphelocoma californica
The “blue jay” of dry Western lowlands, the Western Scrub-Jay combines deep azure blue with dusty gray-brown and white. The rounded, crestless head immediately sets it apart from Blue Jays and Steller’s Jays.
These birds are a fixture of dry shrublands, oak woodlands, and pinyon pine-juniper forests, as well as conspicuous visitors to backyards. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sited at Grand Canyon, Mojave Point, May.01.2012
Lisa, I think you may have mismapped your spotting. Your description says "Grand Canyon Mojave Point", but it's mapped in Kansas?
The scrub Jay's territory is vast but it does not normally travel past Colorado....a rare sight for your neck of the woods :)
Spotted on May 1, 2012
Submitted on May 2, 2012
