I’ve been watching the Western Scrub Jays for a long time. Here are some of my experiences.

They are blue, with a white belly, a gray stripe across their wing, a black patch around their eye and a white eye stripe.

Scrub Jays like to eat acorns. I see them cracking open acorns. I saw a Scrub Jay resting above my door, snatching moths and eating them. I also feed them bread. Sometimes when I feed them they get very close to me. They swoop down and snatch the bread with their beaks.

They like to rest in my Oak trees and in my Quince bush.

I got really close to a Scrub Jay when I was in my Quince bush. I looked up and two of them were perching on my fence.

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