BrownsBayApr 24
Rolling through my bird photos for the month, those that show up at our bird feeders. The Steller's Jay always a favorite. They have personality. They come for the peanuts, grab one and fly away with it to hide it. #nature #birds #photography #jay #StellersJay #PNW #birdphotography
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I've got Steller's in the back yard and California Scrub Jays in the front yard and they mostly keep clear of each other. The Steller's mostly ignore me, though they seem to understand I'm not a threat. The scrub jays have figured out I'll share snacks on occasion, so they're super friendly.
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Show threadBrownsBayApr 24
@TheGreatLlama The CA Scrubs don't commonly range up to SW SnohoCo where I am. Pierce Co and south King Co seems to be as far north as they get in the Puget Lowland. This photo shows both birds in lower Icehouse Cyn-San Gabriel Mtns soCal at an elevation of 5000 ft. That's right about where chaparral favored by Scrubs transitions up into coniferous forest favored by Steller's. I was down there May 2022 on a work trip, goofing off with a hike in the mountains.
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Nice, they posed together!

I'm on the Columbia river sort of near the coast. We've got a lot more of the scrub jays than we used to, but they seem to stick to the low valleys. My Dad lives a few miles away from me, but at around 400 feet above sea level. He never sees them at his place.