24 February 2017 / JuneauEmpire.com / Mary Wilson
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How Alaska's Jay birds spread their seeds

Juneau, Alaska, United States

On a recent hike, I heard a volley of high-pitched screams coming from a thick stand of small spruces just beside the trail. They sounded very much like the cries of a red-tailed hawk, but that bird would be highly improbable in such a place and at this time of year (February). Surely it was a Steller’s jay, which is well-known to mimic redtails and some other birds as well.


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