While sitting outside after banding today, Cory noticed a Western Scrub-Jay in a douglas fir behind our living quarters. We got the color combination. This bird was first caught in May of 2010 and found with a brood patch (bare patch on the belly for incubating eggs) indicating that this individual is a female. It was caught twice more in October of 2010. It has been re-sighted once each in December 2010, March 2011, and May 2011, but hasn't been seen since! Good thing I had my camera handy.
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| Western Scrub-Jay with color combination [Photo by Lukas Musher] |
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| Left leg = white over blue, right leg = orange over silver (WB/OS). [Photo by Lukas Musher] |
By Luke Musher
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