[EBB Sightings] Unusual Western Scrub-Jay
[EBB Sightings] Unusual Western Scrub-Jay
bacpab
Wed Aug 15 19:14:50 PDT 2007
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Hi EBBers-
There's an unusual W. Scrub-Jay that's been at my feeders the last 2 days. It has the grayer head and chest of a juvenile bird, with the slight fluff that I'm seeing in the other young Jays in the yard. A white eye line is faint but evident. It has white outer tail coverts with a splash of white banding across the under tail, and white greater coverts on the wings. This bird has too much white to be a normal W.Scrub Jay, but it is not a Blue Jay. Partially leukistic? I'll try to get a picture, but it's shy. I live in the Oakland Hills behind the Mountain View Cemetery.
Pat Bacchetti
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