Blue Jay and His Sunflower Seed
by Linda Brody
Title
Blue Jay and His Sunflower Seed
Artist
Linda Brody
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Blue Jay and His Sunflower Seed.
The Blue Jays that visit can be comical. They appear to play with their food, by tossing it in the air and catching it. Then devouring it. This shot shows Jay in action with a sunflower seed.
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 west of the Sierra Nevada. The California scrub jay was once lumped with the island scrub jay, and Woodhouse's scrub jay, collectively called the western scrub jay. The group was also lumped with the Florida scrub jay; the taxon was then called, simply, the scrub jay. The California 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.
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. Western U.S. to Mexico.
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January 12th, 2023
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