[Tweeters] Scrub-Jay vs lizard

[Rachel Lawson via Tweeters]

Yesterday, Joseph and I were driving down the street in our Magnolia, Seattle neighborhood, when we saw a California Scrub-Jay in a hedge along the sidewalk.  Because we rarely see scrub-jays in Magnolia,we stopped to watch it.  The jay flew down and started to peck at something on the sidewalk, which turned out to be a small lizard!  The four-inch-long lizard managed to fend off the jay for a full minute before the jay finally grabbed it and carried it back into the hedge.

We were quite surprised to see this jay-lizard encounter.  We have never before seen a lizard of any kind in our neighborhood.  It probably was a Northern Alligator Lizard, based on range, but we did not get a close look.

Rachel Lawson
Seattle
rwlawson5593 at outlook.com


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