At my place, we got by with a little help from our fine-feathered friends — a pair of California scrub jays in the yard. A California scrub jay. “Then they split into the Florida scrub jay and the western scrub jay, then the island scrub jay on Santa Cruz Island.”By 2016, the American Ornithologists’ Union announced it had split the western scrub jay into two species: the California scrub jay and Woodhouse’s scrub jay further inland. That’s just nature; they gotta eat too.”Speaking of nature, all is not necessarily well in the California scrub jay world. But for now, my family is grateful for the two California scrub jays who are helping us cope with the pandemic of 2020-21.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 01, 2021 12:33 UTC