[Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia

[Ann Kramer via Tweeters]

I will be sad if the Steller's Jay's are pushed out of our area.  We are
heavily forested with NGPA forests around, and I've only seen one Scrub Jay
over the years.  The Stellar's come to the suet as a family unit, and they
are the only brave enough to harass a Cooper's or Sharp-Shinned Hawk far
from the busy feeders we have.  They are amazing to watch, as they work as
a team to chase the Hawks and then quickly fly away, squawking, as it turns
on them.  Such a lot of moxie!!!

Ann

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM Steve Loitz via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> CASJs are now in and around Ellensburg. A few years ago, it was rare to

> see one north of Yakima.

>

> Steve Loitz

> Ellensburg WA

>

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

>> On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters <

>> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>>

>>> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood

>>> of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly.

>>>

>>

>>

>> For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory.

>> Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring

>> regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go

>> from being primarily a Stellar’s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only

>> a couple of isolated Stellar’s families in the deeper wooded areas. I

>> expect by now the Stellar’s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays

>> keep more of a family unit going than Stellar’s, which I think gives them

>> an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds

>> do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban

>> environments.

>>

>> Chuq

>>

>>

>> ---------------------------------------

>>

>> Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me)

>> Silverdale, Washington

>> Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer

>>

>> Email me at: chuqvr at gmail.com

>> Mastodon:  @chuqvr at fosstodon.org

>>

>> Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/

>> My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks

>>

>>

>> _______________________________________________

>> Tweeters mailing list

>> Tweeters at u.washington.edu

>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters

>>

>

>

> --

> Steve Loitz

> Ellensburg, WA

> steveloitz at gmail.com

> _______________________________________________

> Tweeters mailing list

> Tweeters at u.washington.edu

> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters

>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20251027/c0953904/attachment.html>