Pinyon Jay

Size:  10.5” Plumage/Description:  Male and female plumage similar.  Long billed and short tailed, no crest.  Uniformly blue all over, darker blue on the head, paler on the belly, back and wings. Habitat:  Oak/Chaparral, Pinyon/Juniper Time of year:  Primarily in...
Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Male and Female Description Size:  7.25” Plumage/Description:  Male plumage is an overall sky-blue color, with a white belly and under-tail coverts.  Females are similar in appearance to female Western Bluebirds, pale gray head, back, and belly.  The breast is a dull...
Sharp-shinned Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Adult Juvenile Description Size:  11” Plumage/Description:  Adult male/female plumage similar, although females are larger than males.  Adult plumage includes a dark crown, a slaty-blue-gray back and wings, pronounced horizontal barring on tail, with alternating dark...
Steller’s Jay

Steller’s Jay

Adults Description Size:  11.5” Plumage/Description:  Males and females have similar plumage.  The most prominent feature is its distinctive crest black crest with a small amount of white streaking at the base of the crest and over the eye.  The crest, head, and neck...
Western Bluebird

Western Bluebird

Male Female Description Size:  7” Plumage/Description:  Males are a stunning deep blue color on the head, throat, back, wings and tail and the breasts, flanks, and scapulars are a deep chestnut color.  Females are a pale blue-gray color on the head and back.  Wings...