Yeah, me too. Turns out it appears to be a juvenile (as pointed out by Ann) and looks much less like jays I've known in other parts of the US.
Appreciate the comments, David! Jack --- On Sat, 6/19/10, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David J Brooks <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Scrub Jay > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 10:41 AM > I can see some similarities to the > real bluejay. > > Nice > > Dave > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This is an out of character Scrub Jay. These are the > Calif. version of a Blue Jay. They posses the manner of > other Jays I've known, (raucous bullies) but don't sport the > top knot. > > This one came screaming onto the fence I believe only > to scatter the Finches from their thistle seed feeder. > > I had the 55~300 mounted on the K10 back up and set it > off just as he shook and fluffed up his feathers. Gives him > a completely out of character "cuddly" non Jay look. > > > > About 50%(?) crop shot from maybe 30 yards away at > 300mm lens setting. > > > > Jack > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=520 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
