Date: 10/27/25 12:32 pm From: Steve Loitz via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia
CASJs are now in and around Ellensburg. A few years ago, it was rare to see
one north of Yakima.
Steve Loitz
Ellensburg WA
On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
>
>> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood
>> of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly.
>>
>
>
> For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory.
> Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring
> regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go
> from being primarily a Stellar’s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only
> a couple of isolated Stellar’s families in the deeper wooded areas. I
> expect by now the Stellar’s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays
> keep more of a family unit going than Stellar’s, which I think gives them
> an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds
> do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban
> environments.
>
> Chuq
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