I've never seen one of them before . They look alot different from our bluejays. Sarah

They do look different, but they are so closely related they can interbreed and produce fertile offspring (something they can not do with the western scrub jay, I've been told).

They are common in the mountains of So. Calif. They are oh, so noisy, expecially in the early morning. Many times, while camping, I've been awakened at dawn by these noisy, screaming jays. Yet, they are quite magnifcent blue birds.

AVFlower