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Western Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica
39.4813, -121.578
Field Notes
Description:
A medium sized bird. In general, this species has a blue head, wings, and tail, a gray-brown back, and grayish underparts. The throat is whitish with a blue necklace.
Habitat:
Areas of low scrub, preferring pinon-juniper forests, oak woods, edges of mixed evergreen forests and sometimes mesquite bosques.
Notes:
This particular sighting occurred in a riparian area near the east bank of the feather river.
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Western Scrub Jay
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Photographed
PublishedFebruary 1, 2012
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