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The California scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica) is a species of scrub jay native to western North America. It ranges from southern British Columbia throughout California and western Nevada near Reno to west of the Sierra Nevada. The California scrub jay was once lumped with Woodhouse's scrub jay and collectively called the western scrub jay.
Woodhouse's scrub jay is nonmigratory and can be found in urban areas, where it can become tame and will come to bird feeders. While many refer to scrub jays as "blue jays", the blue jay is a different species of bird entirely. Woodhouse's scrub jay is named for the American naturalist and explorer Samuel Washington Woodhouse.
Scrub jays are members of the family Corvidae, which are considered the most intelligent of the birds and among the most intelligent of all animals. [ 9 ] Aphelocoma jays are quite vocal and have a huge range of sounds and calls; common calls include a cheek, cheek, cheek and a guttural churring krr'r'r'r'r .
The large, colorful blue jay is a common sight for backyard bird watchers, and its range makes it a regular fixture in backyards and parks all over the entire eastern half the the United States.
Feathers on a Blue Jay are mostly blue, with a touch of white on the tip, while a black horizontal pattern breaks up the blue a bit, depending on where the feather came off of the bird.
Florida scrub-jays are now nesting one week earlier than they did in 1981, according to a study published recently in the journal Ornithological Advances.While longer breeding times typically lead ...
The main argument for changing the state bird is that the current state bird (viz. the northern mockingbird) is the state bird of several other states, while the scrub jay is exclusive to Florida. In recent years there has been some debate about whether or not the Florida scrub jay should be officially listed as an Endangered Species because of ...
The island scrub jay (Aphelocoma insularis), also known as the island jay or Santa Cruz jay, is a bird in the genus, Aphelocoma, which is endemic to Santa Cruz Island off the coast of Southern California. Of the over 500 breeding bird species in the continental U.S. and Canada, it is the only insular endemic landbird species. [3]