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Cogswell
1950
Cyanocitta stelleri
2
Aug. 4 N. side Bear Valley, 4590 ft., Nevada Co., Calif. - about
5 seen in 1 hr. spent in yellow pine - increase
cedar - black oak forest edge bordering on,
They were very noisy, scolding us from
high in the trees - the behavior indicating a
pair with fledglings.
Aug. 5 lower Truckee Canyon, Sierra Co., Calif. near Nevada line,
1 seen along US Route 40 - in Jeffrey pine, increase
cedar (few), mountain mahogany area (where
Scrub Jays have also been seen)
Aug. 7
(p.m.) near Sugar Bowl Lodge, 7000 ft., 1.2 mi. 55W Donner Pass,
Placer Co., Calif. - 5 or 6 seen or heard in 1/2 mile
walk thru mod. dense red fir - lodgepole & silver pine
forest without significant "edge".
Aug. 11 a flight of jays this morning went
in a straggling stream almost blue north-
ward, across the wet Lowgill meadow and
on into this same patch of forest. I counted
10, 7, 5, so then scattered individuals total.
lung about 10 more came by. This seems to
be a definite movement of a flock, which
occurred in the
I did not know, Steller's Jay. I could see
them over a range of perhaps 3/4 mile maximum,
distance
so they moved more or less steadily along,
only perching for a few seconds now & then.
middle late
other than this flight, about the usual 1 to 4 were
Aug. 5 noted on a majority of, 2 hr. trips afield.
Aug. 21 3900 ft., 1 1/2 mi. N, 1 mi. E Truckee, Nevada Co., Calif.
1 seen in arid, open forest of Jeffrey pine & low
sagebrush.