I was confused, but ebird confirms California Scrub Jay. In the brief
reading I’ve done, the Woodhouse’s and California we’re split a few years
ago.

Whichever it is, it’s strikingly beautiful, and I’m going to try for it
Sunday.

Diann Stone. Boise Depot Bench

On Sat, May 25, 2019, 7:03 PM Jonathan Barnett jrb4jc@hotmail.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Has the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (present in Idaho) been ruled out somehow?
> The e-Bird ‘rare bird’ notification says the people finding the bird have
> it listed as the “California Scrub-Jay”.. Now, this email says the
> “Florida Scrub-Jay”. Does anyone know if an actual distinction has been
> made about this bird, and why it’s not being reported as the Woodhouse’s
> Scrub-Jay? Just wondering…thx Jonathan, HSB
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail for
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> *From:* ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of
> mbusshp6m@icloud.com [ible]
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 25, 2019 6:36:24 PM
> *To:* ible@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [IBLE] Florida Scrub Jay in Eagle
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>
>
> I saw the Florida Scrub Jay this afternoon at about 3:30. It was in the
> bushes just west of the Eagle Fire Station on S Plaza Drive. The bird
> moved slightly north into trees at the intersection of S Plaza Drive and E
> State St for better views.
>
>
> Thanks to others for posting info on this bird’s location.
>
>
> Cheers, Marty Marzinelli
>
> Eagle, ID
>
>
>
>
>

Kathy Lopez has a good pic as does Jon Curd with the distinctive blue collar for the California scrub Jay on today’s eBird sightings. 

BOBBoise

On Saturday, May 25, 2019, 7:03 PM, Jonathan Barnett jrb4jc@hotmail.com [ible] wrote:

Has the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (present in Idaho) been ruled out somehow?  The e-Bird ‘rare bird’ notification says the people finding the bird have it listed as the “California Scrub-Jay”..  Now, this email says the “Florida Scrub-Jay”.  Does anyone know if an actual distinction has been made about this bird, and why it’s not being reported as the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay?  Just wondering…thx  Jonathan, HSB

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of mbusshp6m@icloud.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 6:36:24 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Florida Scrub Jay in Eagle  

I saw the Florida Scrub Jay this afternoon at about 3:30.  It was in the bushes just west of the Eagle Fire Station on S Plaza Drive.  The bird moved slightly north into trees at the intersection of S Plaza Drive and E State St for better views.  

Thanks to others for posting info on this bird’s location.

Cheers, Marty Marzinelli

Eagle, ID

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It is a California Scrub-Jay. This will be the third year that one has been reported in Eagle. There are photos in eBird. It’s not a Woodhouse’s. 

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On Saturday, May 25, 2019, 7:03 PM, Jonathan Barnett jrb4jc@hotmail.com [ible] wrote:

Has the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (present in Idaho) been ruled out somehow?  The e-Bird ‘rare bird’ notification says the people finding the bird have it listed as the “California Scrub-Jay”..  Now, this email says the “Florida Scrub-Jay”.  Does anyone know if an actual distinction has been made about this bird, and why it’s not being reported as the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay?  Just wondering…thx  Jonathan, HSB

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of mbusshp6m@icloud.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 6:36:24 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Florida Scrub Jay in Eagle  

I saw the Florida Scrub Jay this afternoon at about 3:30.  It was in the bushes just west of the Eagle Fire Station on S Plaza Drive.  The bird moved slightly north into trees at the intersection of S Plaza Drive and E State St for better views.  

Thanks to others for posting info on this bird’s location.

Cheers, Marty Marzinelli

Eagle, ID

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Has the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (present in Idaho) been ruled out somehow? The e-Bird ‘rare bird’ notification says the people finding the bird have it listed as the “California Scrub-Jay”. Now, this email says the “Florida Scrub-Jay”. Does anyone know if an actual distinction has been made about this bird, and why it’s not being reported as the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay? Just wondering…thx Jonathan, HSB

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

________________________________
From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of mbusshp6m@icloud.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 6:36:24 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Florida Scrub Jay in Eagle

I saw the Florida Scrub Jay this afternoon at about 3:30. It was in the bushes just west of the Eagle Fire Station on S Plaza Drive. The bird moved slightly north into trees at the intersection of S Plaza Drive and E State St for better views.

Thanks to others for posting info on this bird’s location.

Cheers, Marty Marzinelli

Eagle, ID

I saw the Florida Scrub Jay this afternoon at about 3:30. It was in the bushes just west of the Eagle Fire Station on S Plaza Drive. The bird moved slightly north into trees at the intersection of S Plaza Drive and E State St for better views.

Thanks to others for posting info on this bird’s location.

Cheers, Marty Marzinelli
Eagle, ID

Have been birding between bands of storms pushing through. I was hoping that the thunderstorms would force migrants to stop over & I wasn’t disappointed. Finally, saw a spring W Tanager. A female was working through our aspen trees & I was glad enough to see her. But, then a near-scarlet red headed male popped up and the two of them flew to the top of a nearby pine. They both allowed for an extended & satisfying observation before flying off together into nearby cottonwoods.

My most consistent feeder birds are now Black-headed Grosbeaks & Lazuli Buntings. Just a bit ago, I had 6 Grosbeaks & 4 Buntings at the feeder, all at once. This is the first year, in our 31 at this location, to have such regular feeder visits by the Lazulis. Yellow Warblers are abundant & Wilson’s are coming in, too. A great day!

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Perfect job, Tom! That 14th Lazuli was tricky. I see that someone else got the two extra birds correct as well: a Bullocks Oriole & a female House Sparrow, yes.

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On May 23, 2019, at 2:25 PM, Tom McCabe > wrote:

Jonathan:
The bird on the left side of the photo, next to a Lazuli, looks like a House Sparrow. The bird hiding behind the shepherd’s crook looks like a Bullock’s Oriole. I found the 14, but I’m counting one that is just a patch of blue behind some leaves, to the left of the one feeder and to the right of the Hummingbird feeder.
Gee, and I was pleased that a single male Lazuli has been coming in to my feeder. 😉
Tom

Looks like I won’t have to spend $2000 to have some go on this they have a
method to deal with shortage

A couple days ago, I had a big influx of Lazuli Buntings to my feeders. In a picture I snapped, I caught 14 of them in one shot. Below is the picture. Can you find them all? Quiz: What are the two birds in the photo that aren’t Lazuli Buntings? ? Just for fun… we’ll see who gets it right first… Jonathan, Horseshoe Bend

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Folks, this was an interesting bit of reading….
LArnold

On Behalf Of Dan Smith
Subject: [texbirds] Migrating land birds in Tiger Shark diets

I ran across an interesting bit in one of the science newsletters I get daily. It seems that cross-Gulf migrant songbirds are a regular part of the diet of young tiger sharks, which are known to be very opportunistic foragers.. They had been assumed to eat seabirds such as resting gulls or petrels, but an examination of their stomach contents (pumped and released, not killed), revealed that young sharks show up in large numbers in the Gulf during the twice-yearly migration and dine on birds that have simply tired or been forced down by storms.

[ https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/tiger-sharks-eat-songbirds | https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/tiger-sharks-eat-songbirds ]

From the article:

” Of the 105 sharks examined, 41 (39%) contained bird remains. The DNA analysis facilitated conclusive identification of 11 species. And what that revealed was weird.

“They included types found in many American backyard, including songbirds such as the house wren ( Troglodytes aedon ) and eastern kingbird ( Tyrannus turannus ), and even a species of woodpecker, the yellow-belled sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus varius ).

“Most of the birds were eaten by tiger sharks in the autumn, although some remains showed up in young sharks during spring. The team examined a large online database of bird sightings known as [ https://ebird.org/home | eBird ] to assess the movements of terrestrial songbirds at these times of year.

“The twice-yearly migration of songbirds across the Gulf of Mexico involves [ https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14540 | in excess of two billion ] birds each season. The team found that these migration periods coincide with a peak of young sharks in the Gulf.

“ “In every instance, the timing of the tiger shark eating the bird coincided with the peak sighting for that species of bird off our coast,” says Drymon.

“Feldheim adds: “The tiger sharks scavenge on songbirds that have trouble flying over the ocean. During migration, they’re already worn out, and then they get tired or fall into the ocean during a storm.”

“The findings suggest that exhausted songbirds are an easily accessible and seasonally predictable pulse of nutrients for the young sharks. The inclusion of terrestrial birds in their diet is an unusual trophic interaction between land and sea ecosystems, because unlike [ https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061284 | seabirds and guano ] , the energy exchange is reversed from land to sea.”