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blue1836 — Western Scrub-Jay

Published: 2012-08-18 02:52:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 668; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 59
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Description This is a acrylic painting of a Western Scrub-Jay standing on a branch. This is a bird that I see very often in my backyard, because I live on the west coast of the US.

Probably one of my best paintings ever, because I'm not very good at doing it yet.
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Comments: 5

Aki-rain [2014-06-16 20:46:42 +0000 UTC]

I love the texture on the leaves here. The deep blue of the bird is pretty, too! I get Steller's jays, but I've never seen a scrub jay. 

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blue1836 In reply to Aki-rain [2014-06-16 21:54:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

I get a lot of scrub jays I my backyard. I have only ever seem steller's jays while out hiking.

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Aki-rain In reply to blue1836 [2014-06-16 22:00:51 +0000 UTC]

Interesting. It's true, I hear that Steller's jays mostly live in mountainous areas and high elevations, but there are several flocks in the neighborhoods around mine for some reason.

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blue1836 In reply to Aki-rain [2014-06-16 22:13:51 +0000 UTC]

They usually live in areas with a high density of evergreen trees, so maybe there are a lot of coniferous trees around.

I have also heard that they sometime live in a lower elevation in the forests along the pacific coast.

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Aki-rain In reply to blue1836 [2014-06-16 22:25:51 +0000 UTC]

That's probably it, then. I'm not too far from water (though I wouldn't call it the coast). There are definitely a lot of coniferous trees there and I did notice that the Steller's jays seem to prefer them over the deciduous ones.

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