Today, July 13, 2011, along West Chaska Creek while driving northwest midway along the Creek Road between County Road 61 (Chaska Blvd.), and County Road 10 in Carver County, Minnesota, at approximately 1:30 PM, CDT, my wife Debra Larsen tentatively identified a Steller's Jay standing on the road in the south bound lane. The Bird stayed perfectly still as she drove past at approximately 25 Mph. On arriving home in Waconia she consulted the Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America and Birds of North America Online and these two sources confirmed for her her sighting. The bird had a black crest that was not erect, its upper head was black and it had a dark blue body. It's legs were dark, and in that lighting at that time appeared black. Can anyone confirm that Steller's Jays have been observed in Carver County or in Minnesota? We consulted the Birds of Minnesota check list of the M.O.U and Carver County Composite List compiled by Robert B. Janssen, revised through February 28, 2010 and can find no listing for a Steller's Jay sighting in either Carver County or in Minnesota. Any help on this would be much appreciated.
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