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Title: True Blue Jay !!!
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 06:46:40 PM: I found these guys today in Puyallup right off River Road across the road from the river. Was locating a sewer pipe for engineering design and I saw this bird fly and it caught my attention. I usually do not see them this far north. They were actively feeding chasing down all kinds of Bumble Bees and other insects. They put on a pretty good show. The one picture you can see it staring down the bug flying there. Enjoy.
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Post by: wrangler on August 17, 2009, 06:57:13 PM: thats unreal... they're soooooo far from home it's not even funny. wonder if the heat wave had somethin to do with it? the one is only a few months old. reminds me of when they caught that marlin off the coast a few years ago... wow. go buy a lotto ticket asap!
Title: Re: True Blue Jay !!!
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 07:02:13 PM: Thanks man! I think that I have only seen these guys a hand full of times my entire life. The adult birds are very beautiful. I have seen them down towards Yelm a few times. :dunno:
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Post by: rasbo on August 17, 2009, 07:03:01 PM: looks like a scrub jay...I dont think there are blue jays out here
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 07:04:40 PM: Better get out your bird book! :dunno:
Title: Re: True Blue Jay !!!
Post by: wrangler on August 17, 2009, 07:08:56 PM: it's a true blue... the beak is a dead give-a-way. very rare indeed!
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 07:13:51 PM: You nailed it Rasbo......... :tup:
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Post by: rasbo on August 17, 2009, 07:20:14 PM: heres a true blue,I would love to see one,got to go east of the rockies
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Post by: wrangler on August 17, 2009, 07:20:54 PM: ouch! no doubt, just googled it... never even knew there was a difference. solid work rasbo!
Title: Re: True Blue Jay !!!
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 07:23:19 PM: Regardless they are very beautiful birds regardless of species. I wish I had them nesting on my property.
Title: Re: True Blue Jay !!!
Post by: rasbo on August 17, 2009, 07:26:11 PM: Quote from: WAPITIHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 07:23:19 PM
Regardless they are very beautiful birds regardless of species. I wish I had them nesting on my property.
I used to shoot them as a kid they terrorized my grandpas orchard...I havent seen any here yet just the stellars..youre right awesome colors
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on August 17, 2009, 09:04:11 PM: I think this is an adult scrub jay... :dunno:

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/scrub_jay_800x600%7E0.jpg)
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 17, 2009, 09:07:42 PM: Maybe the first pic is the adult and the others are the juvenile? :dunno:
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on August 19, 2009, 06:04:06 PM: Rasbo bet me to the punch. True blues have a crest on their head like a stellar or cardinal.
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on August 20, 2009, 07:58:26 AM: Believe it's a juvenile Pinyon Jay, they typically range into Central Oregon, could easily stray this far north.
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Post by: runamuk on August 20, 2009, 10:31:10 AM: Been trying to decide if they are scrub jays or pinyon jays....the ones I've been seeing really look like scrub jays we have had a bunch down here in Elma...first time I've ever seen them, but they have been around since spring.
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on August 20, 2009, 10:53:59 AM: Quote from: rasbo on August 17, 2009, 07:20:14 PM
heres a true blue,I would love to see one,got to go east of the rockies
They're a headache in iowa- they always scold you and give away locations. They also scold the deer though...
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 20, 2009, 11:02:26 AM: I've got two families of Stellar Jays on my property. Wife won't the the boys shoot'm! Noisy *censored*s!

-Steve
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on August 20, 2009, 05:22:01 PM: Definitely a juvie, though could be Scrub or Pinyon. With all the weird weather lately the birds have been moving into new areas a lot. I've been seeing Lincoln's sparrows all over the Coast here, a Green Tailed Towhee and a few other's I haven't seen in this area.
Title: Re: True Blue Jay !!!
Post by: sirfunkeybut on September 19, 2009, 05:37:38 PM: Quote from: wrangler on August 17, 2009, 06:57:13 PM
thats unreal... they're soooooo far from home it's not even funny. wonder if the heat wave had somethin to do with it? the one is only a few months old. reminds me of when they caught that marlin off the coast a few years ago... wow. go buy a lotto ticket asap!

I live in Selah Wa and have seen some here for the past month. But like others said they are Scrub Jays