DEAR NELLE: California scrub-jays, along with crows, are considered “bully birds.” They use their size to their advantage, and they can become the dominant species at the feeder.

The California scrub-jay is a slender, medium-sized bird with a long tail, blue head and back, and a gray cape below the neck. The belly and throat are very light gray to white and there is a bold ...

The now-called California scrub jay lives in California, Washington and Oregon and is bolder in color and personality than the Woodhouse’s scrub jay. We are firmly within the Woodhouse’s scrub ...

For 26 years now, lawmakers have been filing bills to try to make Florida scrub-jay – the state’s only uniquely native bird – the state bird. But the efforts have always failed.

The scrub jay is not the biggest of birds; it weighs about 2.3 ounces and is 10 inches in length, but it is one of 89 birds listed as either threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered ...

The birds are smart too, despite sometimes flying into windows, the students noted. A Florida scrub-jay will bury hundreds of acorns a year, and return to the spots months later to dig them out.

Florida scrub-jays are the only bird species endemic to the state of Florida. They are known to harvest acorns when they are abundant, burying them for later retrieval.

Yes Scrubs Seeing a Scrub Jay Is a Bucket List Item for Any True Floridian The state’s sole endemic bird species can most easily be found at Oscar Scherer State Park. By Isaac Eger May 12, 2022 ...

The great mockingbird vs. scrub jay battle could take weeks of the Legislature's upcoming session, relieving lawmakers of the burden of actually doing anything of consequence over the next 60 days.

The Florida scrub jay’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2 million years ago. Of these, only the ancestor of the burrowing owl and Florida scrub ...

In contrast, the Scrub-jay is a threatened species, down to perhaps fewer than 10,000 birds. As with beloved family members, we should honor the Scrub-jay before it’s too late, now.

But from 2021 to 2023, not a single scrub jay has been recorded there. However, Audrey DeRose-Wilson, Audubon Florida’s director of bird conservation, believes the site can still support scrub jays.