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Good morning all, Thursjay is here. I am wishing you all peace through this and every day. Today we have a California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica). San Benito County, California.
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October 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
mstreefrog.bsky.social
I can whistle up a bevy of jays with a three-note call that says come for peanuts!
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A California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) on an old Craftsman rototiller checking out the peanut selection on the lawn.
October 30, 2026 at 9:36 AM
neilcam57.bsky.social
Rob pretending to be Alan claims the #BirdOfTheDay ALT theme is #Green background

California Scrubjay (Aphelocoma californica), Aptos, California, USA

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California Scrubjay (Aphelocoma californica), Aptos, California, USA
October 23, 2026 at 7:19 AM
philipamies.eurosky.social
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), pinyon jay
(Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus), Western scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica) and Mexican jay (Aphelocoma ultramarine) all cache seeds, with pinyon jay and nutcracker being more specialist.

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October 28, 2026 at 8:15 AM
dogofthedesert.bsky.social
A Wooodhouse's scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) with a sunflower seed just plucked from a feeder. Photo taken at the Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, on October 25, 2026.

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A head-and-shoulders portrait of a jay. The bird is in profile, with its head raised and its beak to the right. The dominant color is sky blue. The visible part of the back is gray, and the throat and breast are pale gray to white. The strongly built beak is black. In this light, it's obvious that the eye is brown (with a black pupil). The background is a blurred-out mix of gray, brown,a nd a little green.
October 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Good morning all, Thursjay is here. I am wishing you all peace through this and every day. Today we have a California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) with an acorn. San Benito County, California.
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October 22, 2026 at 2:36 PM
azgibsonz.bsky.social
💙 Have a sweet #ThursJay while you're at it! 🌿🐦

📸 Aphelocoma woodhouseii or Woodhouse's Scrub-jay 🪶

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Wth, it's been a year...a fav from the archive, since we finally had this one framed irl. An imperious looking Woodhouse's Scrub-jay has its crown feathers raised and its chest all puffed up as it glares back at the lens from the safety of a perch in my old Emory Oak tree.
October 22, 2026 at 5:20 AM
woodspritephoto.bsky.social
Breakfast in Big Bend: a Mexican Jay carrying an Arizona Sister caterpillar. 🪶 Blue feathers, green breakfast. What’s the most surprising bird meal you’ve seen?

📍 Chisos Basin Road, Big Bend NP, TX
📸 Sony α7R VI + FE 100-400mm

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October 20, 2026 at 1:15 PM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Thursjay is here my friends. I am wishing you all peace through these terrible times. Today we have a California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica). San Benito County, California.
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October 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
hlkfotos.com
A young jay trying to decide where to take its snack. #BirdOfTheDay #LookingUp

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A photo of a juvenile California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) perched on the back of a weathered wooden outdoor chair, facing toward the left of frame, and holding a peanut under one foot. It has a blue head, wings, and a long blue tail, a grayish-brown back, and a whitish underside with a faint dark gray necklace band across the breast. Its head is tilted upward toward the sky, with a large, searching dark eye reflecting the scene around it. The background is blurred greenery and horizonal black rails, in diffuse lighting on an overcast day.
October 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Thursjays again my friends. I am wishing you all well through so much going on in the big world and so many personal losses and struggles. Today we have a California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica). San Benito County, California.
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October 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Thursjay has arrived my friends. Wishing everyone a great day. Today we have a California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica). San Benito County, California.
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October 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Thursjay is here my friends. Wishing everyone peace. Today we have a California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica). San Benito County, California.
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#jays
#corvids
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September 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
katejj.bsky.social
They don't trust other jays either!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11719804/
Effects of experience and social context on prospective caching strategies by scrub jays - PubMed
Social life has costs associated with competition for resources such as food. Food storing may reduce this competition as the food can be collected quickly and hidden elsewhere; however, it is a risky strategy because caches can be pilfered by others. Scrub jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) remember 'w …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 23, 2026 at 11:28 AM
dogofthedesert.bsky.social
A Woodhouse's scrub jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) chucking the cheap stuff overboard as it searches for the occasional raw peanut. Multiple ground foragers made the most of his pickiness. Photo taken at the Rio Grande Nature Center on September 16, 2026.

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A jay perched on the edge of a tray feeder, as black sunflower seeds and milo go flying off into space. The bird is facing to the left of the camera, with its head to the left and its very long tail to the right. The jay's head is bright blue on top, gray on the sides, with an incomplete white line between the two. The eye is black, as is the robust but pointed beak. There's more blue on the neck, on the visible part of a wing, and on part of the tail. The undersides of the body and tail feathers are gray. There a splotchy white patch on the breast. The background is a blurred-out mix of tan, green, and gray.
September 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
flufficillium.bsky.social
California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica)
A blue jay with a white belly and a few dark gray patches perched on a log
September 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Happy #Thursjay my friends. Today we have a juvenile (note some grey still on head) California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) from my orange tree nest hanging in the community garden next door. San Benito County, California.
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September 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
vrijevogel56.bsky.social
Western scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica) Dutch: Westelijke struikgaai seen and📷 in Monterey (CA) Maybe a juvenile (?) #birds
August 31, 2026 at 8:23 AM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Happy #Thursjay my friends. Hoping today is better than the last couple days. California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) San Benito County, California.
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August 27, 2026 at 2:21 PM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Happy #Thursjay my friends. Wishing you all peace. Today we have a California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) San Benito County, California.
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August 20, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Aphelocoma californica
August 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM
abirdingnaturalist.bsky.social
California has two widespread species of jay, the Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), generally preferring conifer forests, and the California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica), generally found in scrub and oak habitats. #birds #California #nature #ecology
August 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
carmeldb.bsky.social
Happy #Thursjay my friends, wishing you all peace. Today we have a California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) San Benito County, California.
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August 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
hlkfotos.com
Baby scrub. #Thursjay

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A photo of a juvenile California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) perched on the back of a weathered wooden outdoor chair, facing toward the left of frame, and holding a peanut under one foot. It has a blue head, wings, and a long blue tail, a grayish-brown back, and a whitish underside with a faint dark gray necklace band across the breast. Its head is tilted upward toward the sky, with a large, searching dark eye reflecting the scene around it. The background is blurred greenery and horizonal black rails, in diffuse lighting on an overcast day.
August 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
carmeldb.bsky.social
A Tale of Hydration: Stay Hydrated-A Guide.
Find water-drink water.
Brought to you to today by American robin (Turdus migratorius) and California scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica). San Benito County, California.
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August 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM