Western Scrub-Jay

Description:

•Size: 11-12 inches long with 15-inch wingspan, very long tail •Colors: Bright blue, white and gray •Markings: Head, nape of neck and tail are blue, white throat and chest with blue band, white abdomen with gray streaks, thin white streak above dark eye, gray back, dark legs. Male and female birds look alike.

Habitat:

open habitats of western US and Mexico: oak woodlands and chaparral near the coast and pinyon-juniper woodlands of the interior West; also backyards, pastures, and orchards. Typically, though not always, in lower and drier habitats than Steller’s Jay.

Notes:

visiting feeder.